Spanish airports face strikes April to August
(Reuters) – Unions have called 22 days of strikes at Spanish airports during the busy spring and summer season in a protest over government privatisation plans.
March 9, 2011
Philippine aviation union files strike action notice
The Philippine aviation union has announced plans to take strike action in a battle for collective bargaining rights. The dispute takes place amid the company’s ongoing intransigence regarding plans to outsource some 2,600 jobs.
March 10, 2011
March 9, 2011
Women’s day centenary must inspire us, says Cockroft
As transport workers celebrate one hundred years of international women’s day tomorrow, 8 March 2011, unions need women more than ever, says ITF general secretary David Cockroft.
March 8, 2011
New contract campaign at US airline set to go global
A transport union is ramping up pressure on a major US airline to sign up to a new contract for workers as it prepares to “globalise” the campaign message. (ITF news online)
March 6, 2011
IndiGo to hire 1,500 people in 2011
Low-cost carrier IndiGo on Wednesday said it plans to hire up to 1,500 people this year to support its major expansion drive. (The Hindu – India)
March 3, 2011
Brazil passes TAM’s merger with LAN, shares rise
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s civil aviation authority passed on Thursday the planned combination between Brazilian airline TAM (TAMM4.SA) and Chilean rival LAN with no restrictions, giving a boost to their project to create Latin America’s largest airline.
Porter Airlines Ottawa staff join CUPE
In a historic vote last week, Porter Airlines staff in Ottawa voted to join the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) to improve their working and earning conditions. The ground staff at the Ottawa International Airport became the first Porter Airlines employee group to join a union.
March 2, 2011
Airline Mexicana’s Planned Return Suffers Setback
MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- The planned return to the air of carrier Mexicana de Aviacion suffered another setback Tuesday when the private equity group that had secured agreements for a restructuring failed to come up with the capital to buy the shares from the current owners.