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
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
March 6, 2011
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
Update of the PALEA-PAL dispute by Gerry Rivera, President of PALEA
Last 11 Feb, PAL & PALEA finally had a conciliation conference before the Office of the President with one Secretary and two Assistant Secretaries in attendance. For the first time, PAL admitted that the financial status (crisis?) of the company is not the main reason for the outsourcing program that may eventually lead to contractualization of jobs of the regular employees
February 19, 2011
Aviation maintenance workers in Turkey win settlement
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 […]
January 27, 2011
Mexicana Airline Set To Return to the Skies
Mexicana Airlines will take to the skies again. The airline has confirmed it plans to begin selling tickets on January 24 as the carrier works toward a re-launch. (AOL Travel)
January 13, 2011
Protest over dismissals at Turkish airport operator
Protest over dismissals at Turkish airport operator A thousand-strong protest took place in Turkey last week to demand the reinstatement of 351 airport workers who were dismissed, reportedly to hamper the organising efforts of a Turkish affiliate.
Turkish aviation workers protest against dismissals
Turkish aviation workers protest against dismissals The ITF is calling for solidarity with 160 workers dismissed from the company that manages Istanbul’s international airport. The Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Investment Development and Operation Inc. (ISG) dismissed the workers without following all the procedures required by Turkish law.
December 23, 2010