A Fiji judge has ordered an end to the month-long lockout of workers at the country’s main international airport. More than 200 service and maintenance workers have been suspended without pay since December, when they attended a meeting to discuss grievances with their employer, ATS. ATS said the gathering amounted to illegal strike action, and […]
January 20, 2018
Workers at Fiji’s international airport have been locked out since before Christmas because they dared to challenge management. The company that provides ground services at the airport is owned mostly by the Fijian government, but 49% of the shares are owned by the workers. For that reason, the workers tried to raise issues at shareholder […]
January 4, 2018
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today joined unions and workers from around the world in condemning Air Terminal Services (ATS) and the Fijian Government’s handling of the lock-out of 250 workers by the management of the government-owned ATS. Paddy Crumlin, president of the ITF, appealed to the Fijian Government to intervene and protect workers, […]
December 21, 2017
The ITF has joined unions and workers from around the world and condemned Air Terminal Services (ATS) and the Fijian Government’s handling of the lock-out of 250 workers. The management of government-owned ATS is behind the lock-out of ground crew at Nadi International Airport – including baggage handlers, check-in staff, engineers and caterers – who […]
In a statement Ryanair said that as per their historic decision to recognise unions for the first time, which was announced last Friday, they will look to meet with other unions “in due course”. “Ryanair is moving to recognise unions, starting this week with meetings with Irish, German and Portuguese pilot unions. It will lead […]
December 19, 2017
By Richard Weiss and Dara Doyle Carrier’s reversal came hours before first planned walkout Shares fall as analysts expect rising costs for Irish airline Ryanair Holdings Plc buckled under pressure from disgruntled pilots and agreed to recognize labor unions in an eleventh-hour move by Europe’s biggest budget airline to avert strikes threatening flight disruptions during […]
December 18, 2017
Airline says in surprise move it will recognise trade unions in bid to head off strike action. By Martin Wall What has Ryanair announced? The airline said in a surprise move early on Friday that it would recognise trade unions in a bid to head off threatened strike action next week. A one-day stoppage by […]
The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), who represent workers in all the major players in Europe’s aviation industry, including Ryanair, have welcomed Ryanair’s statement today [15/12/2017] that it will change its “long standing policy of not recognising unions”– and have issued a challenge to the airline to play fair […]