Airline may reduce workers' salaries

June 06, 2008 12:16:25 PM

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Air Fiji may have to reduce the salary of its workers to cushion the high cost of fuel.

The airline’s chief executive officer Sialeni Vueteki said other cost-cutting measures are also being explored, including redundancy, which will be “the last option”.

Vuetaki made the comments following the ruling by Permanent Arbitrator William Calanchini this week to lift cost cutting measures Air Fiji had imposed after the December 2006 military takeover of Government.

The Transport Workers Union had filed a dispute with the arbitration tribunal claiming that Air Fiji breached their collective agreement.

While accepting the ruling Vuetaki said business has to move on.

He said the airline’s costs are high at the moment and they may have to go to court to seek a review of the tribunal’s decision.