A DAY after accusations that Jetstar's outsourced Thai-based crew are employed on ''slave'' labour conditions, Jetstar's parent company, Qantas, will write to the staff-hire company to object to its practices.
But because Qantas owns 37 per cent of the crew-hire company, Tour East Thailand, it is in effect objecting to itself, the national secretary of the Flight Attendants Association, Jo-Ann Davidson, said yesterday.
Jetstar's cabin crew from Thailand were employed on Tour East contracts that effectively set no limit on hours of duty, and offered base wages of just $258 a month, an extra $7 an hour when flying and no sick leave, the ABC's Lateline program revealed.
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