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11:13, March 24, 2008 |
Air New Zealand plans to issue its Chinese staff with credit cards after it was revealed last week that Shanghai based cabin crew members received a quarter of their New Zealand colleagues' pay.
Last year, 59 of the 64 Chinese crew wrote a letter to Air New Zealand complaining of inequitable work conditions and having their meal allowance restricted to the hotel they stayed in and one Chinese restaurant, the New Zealand Herald reported Monday.
In an internal memo sent last Friday, Air New Zealand's Shanghai manager Darrin Curtis told his staff they would be given credit cards to solve the issue of meal allowances.
Their allowance is now paid only if they have meals at the Dragon Boat restaurant or the Crowne Plaza Hotel when they are in Auckland. He also said their pay review would be given "top priority."
Other Air NZ crew received 175 NZ dollars (140 U.S. dollars) cash in the hand for every day they were away from home.
The newspaper reported Air NZ had warned its crew against talking to news media about pay disparities.
Source:Xinhua
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