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Newcastle Herald letters to the editor, short takes, June 27-28, 2020: Don't leave workers on a wing and a prayer

By Letters to the Editor
Updated April 15 2021 - 12:36am, first published June 28 2020 - 12:30pm
CRYING KANGAROO: Reader Graeme Kime argues Hunter apprentices who must move to Melbourne to keep their jobs in Qantas' restructure deserve government help.
CRYING KANGAROO: Reader Graeme Kime argues Hunter apprentices who must move to Melbourne to keep their jobs in Qantas' restructure deserve government help.

QANTAS has sacked 6000 employees; the question that needs to be answered is about these Hunter apprentices who will have to relocate to Melbourne if they wish to keep their jobs ('220 jobs fly away', Newcastle Herald 26/6). If you have ever been an apprentice you would realise that their wage is very minimal, so I believe the cost of relocating to Melbourne should be covered by Qantas and the government.

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