Virgin Australia Denies Standing Down Workers
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Just days after an Australian Government payroll assistance scheme ended, Virgin Australia is denying claims it has stood down ground crew. Reports are circulating that 170 ground crew have been stood down for three weeks without pay. Virgin Australia calls this “categorically false.”
Virgin Australia has denied standing down ground crew workers. Photo: Andrew Curran / Simple Flying
Virgin Australia ground crew warned of potential stand-down
According to a report in The Australian, a senior Virgin Australia manager sent all ground crew employees a potential stand-down letter last week. The letter told the employees they could be stood down between March 29 and April 18.