1936, a jazz man named Anjie founded Anjie in his own name, but he didn't expect that today, 65 years later, it would be the deadline. More than 0/7,000 employees of Anjie/KLOC lost their jobs instantly, and the jobs of tens of thousands of employees of many auxiliary enterprises related to Anjie were also in jeopardy. This set off a blockbuster for Australia with a population of only 6.5438+0.908 million, and a strong shock wave swept through every corner of Australian society. Angry and disappointed "Anjie" employees took to the streets to protest with the support of the people, demanding that the federal government come forward to protect their legitimate rights and interests. The aviation union also promised to continue to urge the government and Air New Zealand to take action to ensure that the legitimate rights and interests of "Anjie" employees are not infringed. The victims of Anjie's bankruptcy are not only its own employees, but also its subordinates or related cleaning companies, security companies, clothing companies, catering companies, tourism companies and many other enterprises that support its normal operation. Many tourist spots in Australia have always been exclusively operated by Anjie, and the sudden closure of Anjie has also caused these attractions to immediately cut off their customers. In addition, because the collapse of Anjie coincided with the eve of the school holiday, thousands of people had booked tickets for Anjie, and their travel plans were frustrated. Due to the sudden collapse of Anjie, more than 40,000 passengers of Anjie were stranded. With the intervention of the federal government, Qantas took over Anjie 1 1 domestic routes, added 2 1 domestic routes, provided lower fares, and jointly undertook the task of transporting Anjie stranded passengers to their destinations with Virgin Atlantic.
The collapse of "Anjie" caused huge losses to the four major banks in Australia, especially the National Bank of Australia, the bank where "Anjie" opened an account. It is estimated that the loss of the national bank will exceed 1 100 million Australian dollars. Australian Deputy Prime Minister Anderson had previously accused Air New Zealand of failing to inform the Australian government of the financial crisis of "Anjie" in time, while Singapore Airlines argued that they had informed it of the weekly loss of "Anjie" of A $6,543,800 as early as June, and it was only a whole month before its collapse, that is, on August 4, 654.38+08 that "Anjie" had a hard time. /kloc-In the early morning of September, 2004, after Anjie's bankruptcy decision was made, there was a rather dramatic scene: At 7: 30 in the morning, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark returned home from a visit to Europe, and when she stopped at Melbourne Airport in Australia, Anjie employees who heard that the company had declared bankruptcy arrived one after another at 6: 45, and took her back to New Zealand with various airport vehicles such as tool carts and baggage carts. However, due to the helicopter rescue sent by Victorian police, Ms. Clark was able to get out of trouble and flew to an air base in the southeast of the state to return home on a plane of the New Zealand Air Force waiting there. The female prime minister was very angry about this matter, and later told the New Zealand media that it was "hooliganism" for Australian "Anjie" employees to trap her flight on the tarmac. She said, "We are trying to find a solution to the problem, but the stupid behavior of these people doesn't help at all." She suggested that the "Anjie" employees in Australia should solve the dispute with Air New Zealand through legal means, instead of simply venting their anger and resentment on all New Zealanders.
Air New Zealand subsequently announced the temporary cancellation of all flights to Australia. A spokesman for Singapore Airlines claimed that the reason was that the bankruptcy of Anjie led to a strike at the Australian airport, which could not guarantee the normal operation of Singapore Airlines flights. When will it resume? Let's see.
Gary Tommy, the 46-year-old president of Air New Zealand, who lives in Australia, has also become the angry target of "Anjie" unemployed employees. He said that his daughter would be 4 years old soon, but he was afraid to go back to Australia to celebrate her birthday. Even the Prime Minister of New Zealand is trapped at Melbourne Airport, and he is worried that his safety may also be a problem. In the face of the criticism of Singapore Airlines by the unemployed employees of Anjie, he expressed great apologies. He said that "Singapore Airlines" is not unwilling to pay hundreds of millions of Australian dollars owed by "Anjie" to employees, but it is really unable to pay; "If we decide to bear the cost, our bank will shut us down immediately. The board of directors has no choice but to give up' Anjie'. Before that, we did try our best to save it from bankruptcy, but it didn't work. " He said, "Our biggest mistake was coming to Australia to take over Anjie. We thought we had the ability to save it, but in fact we didn't, neither the ability nor the financial resources. " According to Tommy, shortly after he was appointed as the president of Singapore Airlines at the beginning of this year, he found that Anjie had not implemented the general statistical reporting system of modern enterprise operation for many years, and the loss at that time had reached A $6,543.8 billion. After that, the market share of "Anjie" quickly dropped from 55% to 4 1% and then to 39%, and the on-time rate of flights was "terrible". Tommy believes that there are many reasons for the failure of Anjie, but the biggest victim is undoubtedly the unemployed employees. Australia has unfortunately lost an important airline. The Australian Security Investment Committee has begun to formally investigate the collapse of Anjie to see if there are any irregularities. The head of the Australian Fair Competition and Consumers Association expressed his concern about the closure of Anjie from another angle: there is only one international airline left in Australia, Qantas, which is likely to form an industry monopoly. The relevant person in charge of the All-Australia Federation of Trade Unions also accused the Howard government of sitting idly by and not helping Qantas monopolize the Australian aviation industry. He called on Premier Howard not to treat thousands of Australians who have lost their jobs as a joke.
Premier Howard said that the government originally planned to invest 50 million Australian dollars to pay the wages and benefits owed by Anjie employees, but later gave up because the actual demand far exceeded this amount. He affirmed that the government has no obligation to "save private enterprises on the verge of bankruptcy". In order to solve the problem that "Anjie" owes its unemployed employees a total of 500 million Australian dollars in wages and various welfare expenses, the federal government decided to implement the plan of raising funds from the society from 10 to solve the urgent need, and levy a "special government tax" of 10 on each domestic flight ticket, that is to say, raise the price 10 yuan. Tony abbott, Federal Minister of Employment, Industrial Relations and Small Business, told the media on September 20th that this special government tax will be implemented until the employees of Anjie fully recover. He said that although "Anjie" went bankrupt, unemployed employees need not worry too much about their rights and interests being damaged. According to previous statistics, only one in a thousand cases in Australia failed to fulfill employee welfare protection due to company closure; The existing plan can ensure that more than 90% of "Anjie" unemployed employees can get 100% compensation. The Australian federal government also announced that it would provide assistance to passengers who were inconvenienced by the collapse of Anjie, pay for their home trip and three-day hotel accommodation, and refund their tickets if they used credit cards. Qantas also issued a statement, and its responsible person told the media that if Anjie withdraws from the Australian aviation market, it will leave a "gap to be filled", and its future business is expected to expand substantially, and it may be necessary to hire 5,000 to 6,000 additional employees, and then give priority to the unemployed employees of Anjie.