SYDNEY

QANTAS Airways Ltd chief executive Geoff Dixon said that the company would consider moving jobs offshore if it was viable to do so.

The comments came after Qantas yesterday announced that Australia's fourth largest private employer, planned to increase casual, part-time and contracted employees from 15 per cent of its workforce to 20 or 25 per cent over the next two years.

Unions are preparing for a waterfront-style showdown with Qantas over the airline's plans to convert up to one-quarter of its 34,000 jobs to casual and contract positions ......
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