Tarom employees could go on strike on Nov. 14 (Business Review-Romania)

All Tarom flights could be grounded on November 14 as Tarom employees are considering going on strike that day, Aurel Curdov the general secretary of Tarom’ National Technical Union told Agerpress.


November 11, 2012

IAG targets full control of Vueling (Financial Times-UK)

International Airlines Group said on Wednesday that it was considering seeking full ownership of Vueling, the Spanish low-cost carrier.
Analysts said the potential move was part of its efforts to try to improve the competitiveness of Iberia, its Spanish subsidiary.


November 8, 2012

Video of woman removed from Ryanair plane prompts calls for boycott (IrishExaminer.com)

A video which shows a Spanish woman being ejected from a Ryanair plane moments before take-off has gone viral and prompted Twitter users in Spain to call for a boycott of the airline.


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Court rules in favour of sacked Turkish Airlines worker

A court in Istanbul has ordered that a Turkish Airlines employee, sacked for his involvement in a legal protest action, be reinstated.
The court made the decision in favour of the worker, a member of the ITF-affiliated union Hava-Is, on 6 November. He …


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European aviation unions to stage day of action over ground handling regulation

Aviation unions across Europe will turn out at a demonstration in Brussels next week to demand that any regulations on ground handling take workers’ pay and conditions and service standards into account.
The unions, led by the European Transport Work…


October 31, 2012

Sharon James makes history as ITF’s first woman section head

Sharon James, who was appointed yesterday by the ITF executive board in Copenhagen to the post of ITF dockers’ section secretary, will be the first woman ever to lead one of the organisation’s industrial sections.


October 29, 2012

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Union pressure wins removal of strike ban

Turkey’s government has withdrawn a ban on strikes in the country’s civil aviation sector following an international campaign led by the ITF and Turkish aviation union Hava-Is.
The aviation strike ban was added to Law 2822, passed earlier this year…


October 25, 2012

Ryanair boss faces investigation into alleged tax evasion in Italy (The Guardian-UK)

Prosecutor launches investigation after 220 staff hired in Bergamo, Italy, were put on books in Dublin where taxes are lower


October 17, 2012