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Aviation workers at a ground handling company in Turkey have won a new agreement, bringing to an end seven rounds of failed negotiations and a spate of industrial action and protest.
The agreement, which was reached between the ITF-affiliated Hava-Is u…
The ITF is counting on unionists across the world to back their aviation colleagues in Australia who are embroiled in a row over job security and pay.
Labour organisations are showing solidarity with Qantas workers in Australia by participating in an I…
AirAsia, the Malaysian no-frills airline, has tapped into demand from the fast-growing middle class in south-east Asia with its slogan: Now Everyone Can Fly.
If you can’t pay airline fees, there can be drastic penalties. You might even have to stay overnight. Or for eight nights, as one poor traveler did in a widely publicized incident.
AT THE recent Qantas annual meeting, shareholders endorsed the current management strategies and huge pay increases for chief executive Alan Joyce. This is odd as Qantas’s share price has fallen under his watch. Further, Qantas is in conflict with several of its key stakeholders: the government, passengers and important parts of its workforce.
Cathay Pacific suffered a blow in its wage dispute with its flight attendants yesterday when the Court of Appeal rejected its request to take a holiday pay ruling to the top court.
A new TV drama aims to show us the era of ‘glamorous’ air travel. The reality was blatant sexism about female staff. And, sadly, not much has changed …
Aviation workers in Kenya started a “go-slow” action this week in Nairobi in a bid to see their pay and conditions demands met.
The workers, represented by the ITF-affiliated Aviation and Allied Workers’ Union (AAWU) and employed by the Kenya Civ…