Aviation workers in Hong Kong will take industrial action before the upcoming seasonal holiday following a breakdown in negotiations last month.
Some 1200 members of the ITF-affiliated Cathay Pacific Airways Flight Attendants’ Union (CPAFAU) voted in…
The nation’s flight attendants will gain workplace health and safety protection from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) under a proposed new policy announced by OSHA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today applauded the victory by its member union, the OGBL (Onofhängege Gewerkschaftsbond Lëtzebuerg) in helping secure the withdrawal of Qatar Airways as a part owner of Luxembourg’s Cargolux airline. Qatar Airways had bought a 35 per cent share in the cargo carrier and was believed to be seeking a majority stake. The OGBL led a campaign to prevent a takeover and the potential loss of thousands of jobs.
Around 1500 workers and their supporters expressed their anger over action set to put jobs at risk and attempts to undermine an agreement at a protest rally earlier this week.
The workers, led by the ITF-affiliated Onofhängege Gewerkschaftsbond Lëtze…
The unexpected climbdown was prompted by a decision to look into ways of encouraging airlines to cut their emissions
In Friday’s meeting of the Social and Economic Forum, IB Management presented to the 3 Member Union’s, IAG’s plan designed to tackle IB’s losses.
The first thing which has surprised us is that the the Management side have admitted no responsibility for any of the losses seen. All blame has been attached by them to the economic situation, the markets IB fly-in, the oil price, the highly competitive nature of the market and above all else labour costs. Management decisions, poor ones and known for some time concerning fleet renewal and where fuel was hedged at were not acknowledged.
All Tarom flights could be grounded on November 14 as Tarom employees are considering going on strike that day, Aurel Curdov the general secretary of Tarom’ National Technical Union told Agerpress.
International Airlines Group said on Wednesday that it was considering seeking full ownership of Vueling, the Spanish low-cost carrier.
Analysts said the potential move was part of its efforts to try to improve the competitiveness of Iberia, its Spanish subsidiary.