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Low wages too high a price for cheap airfares
February 17, 2009
Media Release
_Low wages too high a price for cheap airfares - EPMU
Jetstar’s low-wage business model is not welcome in New Zealand, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union.
The call follows Jetstar’s announcement that it is replacing Qantas, an EPMU unionised company, without union consultation as well as reports by business analysts that the company plans to compete using lower staff costs.
EPMU national secretary Andrew Little says Jetstar’s low-wage model is unacceptable in New Zealand.
“Jetstar may be offering low cost tickets but they will come at the price of lower wages for working Kiwis.”
“As the biggest union in New Zealand’s aviation industry we’ll be making sure we make contact with Jetstar staff to let them know exactly what the industry standards are and to offer them the chance to negotiate through the EPMU.
“There’s a lot of talk about Jetstar increasing competition in the industry but when it’s a competition to lower wages it’s one we can do without.”
The EPMU represents more than four thousand aviation industry workers in New Zealand including Qantas ground staff.
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