Easter travellers may face unexpected delays as Air New Zealand flight attendants prepare to begin strike action over the holiday period.
Attendants who are members of the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU), working for Air NZ subsidiary Zeal, say they are being paid "poverty wages", while those working directly for the parent company receive up to $30,000 more a year. From next Wednesday workers will be refusing to work standby, and the following Wednesday, April 8, they will begin full strike action.
Air New Zealand general manager Tasman Pacific Airline Glen Sowry said the union have rejected an offer which would have meant a new entrant Zeal flight attendant, working 30 hours a week and a nine-day fortnight, would earn $41,000 per annum.
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