Union abandons threat of fresh walkouts after British Airways questions legality of January ballot (The Guardian – UK)
The trade union Impact, which represents the cabin crew, said this morning said that current industrial action is to be suspended and that the company will restore its members to the payroll and normal duties, pending the outcome of a binding arbitration to be carried out by the Labour Relations Commission. (Irish Times)
IATA has expressed concerns that the steadily-rising price of oil will further dent the airline industry’s already “pathetic” profit margins. (Flightglobal.com)
A delegation from the the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), the ITF’s European arm, visited the Philippine embassy in Belgium this week in support of aviation workers in the Philippines who are facing mass dismissal. ETF general secretary Eduardo Chagas and ETF political secretary for civil aviation François Ballestero visited the embassy in Brussels on […]
Union representing aviation maintenance workers in Turkey reached an agreement on pay and conditions earlier this week. The deal was brokered just hours before the union was scheduled to announce its intention to take strike action. The ITF-affiliated Turkish civil aviation union Hava-Is reached the settlement with management at Turkish Technic Inc, a Turkish Airlines […]
A union representing cabin crew workers in Ireland is seeking third party intervention in a dispute over new rosters imposed by airline managers.
Different guerilla-style tactics, such as work to rule, planned by British Airways cabin crew if vote goes for industrial action.
(The Guardian-UK)
The Airports Authority of India is keeping pace with technology and growth in air traffic to create infrastructure for air navigation services (The Times of India)
