European ATM workers defend right to strike (airtrafficmanagement.net)

November 10, 2016

European air traffic controllers have hit back again at the attacks of airline industry group Airlines for Europe (A4E) on the rights of ATM workers.

Air Traffic Controllers European Unions Coordination (ATCEUC) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), representing together the entire community of European air traffic controllers and other staff in air traffic management, strongly deplore the strategy of A4E which they say consists of two elements: a call for action and a ‘so-called’ study on ATC strikes.

“This strategy is a direct attack on the fundamental rights of workers which ATCEUC and ETF cannot accept,” the partners said.

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Tags: A4E, Airlines for Europe, ATCEUC, ATM workers, ETF, right to strike