ITF-affiliated union ACV/CSC TRANSCOM declared strike action may go ahead if Belgian airport privatisation ignores workers’ demands. When French company Egis takes over Ostend and Antwerp airports at the beginning of 2014, over 200 airport workers stand to lose out directly. Privatisation will have an indirect affect on over 2300 workers, the Belgian National Bank […]
August 2, 2013
Unions in Luxembourg finally reached an agreement with management last week in a long-running dispute around collective working agreements for aviation workers.
The ITF and ETF-affiliated Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Luxembourg (OGBL) and the ETF-affiliated Luxembourg Confederation of Christian Trade Unions (LCGB) have been involved in a dispute with Cargolux and Luxair since last autumn, when the majority state-owned companies sold shares at a loss to Qatari investors.
August 1, 2013
ITF affiliate South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) announced strike action for last Thursday following a dispute over wage increases with South African Airlines (SAA).
SATAWU announced its intention to strike earlier this month, an…
July 23, 2013
The ITF-affiliated Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Industria de la Aviación Civil y Similares (SIELAS) in Panama succeeded in signing a CBA (collective bargaining agreement) with the air cargo company COPADASA on 14 June, after two months of …
June 28, 2013
A thousand protestors rallied on 20 June in the heart of Luxembourg to defend the rights of workers at the Luxair airline. Organised by the ITF- and ETF-affiliated OGBL, the ETF and ITF-affiliated LCGB, and the NGL-SNEP, the march ended in front of the…
June 21, 2013
The 8th ITF Asia-Pacific regional conference passed a resolution to reiterate its support and solidarity with the Philippine Airlines Employees’ Association (PALEA), which has been fighting a Philippine Airlines (PAL) outsourcing plan that saw 2,400 ch…
June 6, 2013
A five-day strike by Swissport International ground handling workers at Brussels Airport in Belgium came to an end on May 17 after the intervention of its international CEO resulted in the company meeting the workers’ main demands, reports ITF affiliat…
Affiliates at the ITF civil aviation regional conference in Buenos Aires on May 7-8 discussed labour issues in major airlines in Latin America and the Caribbean and created the first ITF pilots committee.
Representatives of ITF-affiliated unions in the…
May 31, 2013
