More Jobs Promised in New Zealand, But Union Worried
Oct. 24, 2017
Queensland-based ground handling firm Aerocare says it will create hundreds of jobs from a Virgin Australia contract in New Zealand but a union warns that workers' rights are threatened.
Aerocare won the Virgin contract off Air New Zealand for the ground handling work and says it will support about 5,000 Virgin Australia flights per year from Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Queenstown and Dunedin to six international destinations.
Chief executive Glenn Rutherford said the company would create up to 220 new jobs in New Zealand, invest more than $1 million in training and skills development and spend $5m on specialist aircraft handling equipment.
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