Air hostesses furious after being issued with new uniforms and warned ‘not to get any fatter’ (Daily Mail-UK)
Employees complain request by director’s wife is ‘sexist and discriminatory’
February 5, 2012
Industrial Court annuls sacking of KQ unionist (The Star-Kenia)
The Industrial Court has rescinded last week’s decision by Kenya Airways to sack Aviation and Allied Workers Union boss Perpetua Mponjiwa. It further ruled that the dispute between the two parties be heard on February 14. In its dismissal letter, Kenya Airways accused the union’s chairlady of gross misconduct. “The company has therefore taken a decision to summarily dismiss you from employment with effect from 20thJanuary 2012,” says part of the dismissal letter sent to Mponjiwaand signed by head of human resources relationship Tom Shivo.
February 6, 2012
February 5, 2012
Hungary’s airline Malev grounded (The Guardian-UK)
Bankrupt Hungarian flag-carrier Malev grounds fleet after two aeroplanes seized, as Ryanair and other budget carriers announce new routes to Budapest
February 4, 2012
Industrial dispute in the Swedish civil aviation (Unionen)
Unionen and the Swedish branch organisation for employers in civil aviation (Svenska FlygBranschen) have been negotiating since March 2010 towards a unified agreement regulating terms and conditions for all cabin crew based and operating in Sweden. The negotiations involve 10 current agreements regulating 18 different companies. The result is intended to unite all existing agreements into one single agreement.
Spanish cabin crew and ground staff call off dispute
Cabin crew and ground workers at the Spanish airline Iberia have called off planned strike action after they reached a new deal with their airline employer, which extends employment guarantees.
Most of the unions representing cabin crew and ground staf…
February 2, 2012
Failure to debate US labour law changes sets a “dangerous precedent”, say unions
Unions in the US are demanding that a new bill governing aviation safety be passed and that amendments to a key labour law that were introduced as part of the new legislation be deleted. They argue that there has been a lack of debate surrounding the c…
Everton pitch invader handcuffs himself to goalpost in protest against discount airline (Yahoo.com)
A pitch invader managed to handcuff himself to Joe Hart’s goalpost during Everton’s Premier League match against Manchester City at Goodison Park. The match was halted for about five minutes as police had to bring out a set of bolt cutters to pry the agitated man off the pitch.
His reasoning for the protest didn’t seem to have anything to do with the game or the clubs involved, though. He wore an anti-Ryanair shirt in reference to the Dublin-based discount airline and he seems to do quite a bit of protesting against them and their allegedly nefarious recruitment practices. Here’s a video of the same man (apparently his name is John) pleading his case against the airline.
February 1, 2012
Amadeus crash hits thousands of travel agents and passengers (TravelMole.com)
Amadeus admitted some travel agents were still experiencing problems booking flights last night after its computer system crashed for three hours on Monday.
January 31, 2012