WE’RE IN! (APFA-USA)
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) accepted APFA’s petition for membership this week.
October 23, 2011
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Welcome to the ITF Aviation Blog
Here you will find an ever expanding resource covering aviation issues that affect all categories of civil aviation workers including cabin crew, airline ground staff, pilots, airport workers and air traffic management staff. Be sure to return regularly or to register to receive updates as this area will be updated on a daily and weekly basis. Also, please email us at aviation@itf.org.uk if you have any links or material you would like to contribute here, or simply to offer us feedback. The ITF Civil Aviation section.
Thomas Cook cabin crew vote in favour of industrial action in consultative ballot over nearly 500 job losses (Unite-UK)
Thomas Cook cabin crew, members of Unite, have voted overwhelmingly in a consultative ballot that they wish to take industrial action over the company’s redundancy plans to axe 498 jobs.
October 25, 2011
October 23, 2011
Labour movement demands justice for workers in Bahrain
The international labour movement is demanding the urgent withdrawal of prosecutions and dismissals of those involved in the pro-democracy actions that have been sweeping across Bahrain.
ITF denounces “deliberate obstructionism” in Kuwait airline dispute
The ITF has condemned tactics employed by the executive board of Kuwait Airways to delay agreement on a settlement for the company’s workers.
Workers represented by the ITF-affiliated Kuwait Airways Workers’ Union had reached a tentative settlement earlier this month, giving them the same benefits as other public sector workers; the airline is currently state-owned, but privatisation is looming.
Brazil: Possible flight disruptions due to strike (NetGlobers.com)
Unionized workers of the Infraero (Brazil’s federal airport authority) will stage a 48-hour strike starting from Thursday, October 20th at 00:01 (local time) in all three Sao Paulo airports and at Brasilia International Airport.
October 19, 2011
PALEA joins Occupy Wall Street Day of Action as international actions for PALEA start
The Philippine Airlines Employees’ Association (PALEA) declared their protest camp as its contribution to the Occupy Wall Street movement which has announced today as an International Day of Action. “More than 1,000 PALEA members and supporters have occupied this part of the airport area since September 28 and today we proclaim it to be part of Occupy Wall Street movement. Similar to Occupy Wall Street which has fought eviction by the New York city government and police, we will not surrender this occupation despite continuing threats of demolition,” said Gerry Rivera, PALEA president and vice chair of Partido ng Manggagawa.
October 15, 2011
Fight for workers’ rights in Bahrain
As you know, the political situation in Bahrain is critical. The recent detention of doctors for assisting civilians during protests in the capital earlier this year, the prosecution in the military courts of teachers as well as the dismissal of many other workers have already demonstrated that Bahrain’s ruling regime cares little for justice. Transport workers are also under attack.
October 14, 2011
TWU confirms national Qantas action for tomorrow (TWU-Australia)
The Transport Workers Union of Australia (TWU) today confirmed that Qantas ground crews would participate in work stoppages at all major airports tomorrow following further inaction by Qantas to resolve staff requests for job security clauses over the life of the next Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA).
October 12, 2011