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Virgin workers dispute reignites ahead of key vote hearing – Sydney Morning Herald
Virgin Australia’s owner-in-waiting Bain Capital faces a fracturing relationship with one of the airline’s key unions which threatens next month’s creditors vote on the airline’s future.
“The board of the new Virgin must explicitly recognise that staff are critical to this mission and emphasise co-operation, rather than confrontation,” Mr Kaine said.
“Our members are committed to rebuilding Virgin, but we will not expose them to a crude rip-off where jobs and conditions are decimated.”
A spokesman for Bain said the firm was surprised by the TWU’s comments given the “many hours” of constructive conversation it had with the union about Virgin’s future. He reiterated Bain’s commi…
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