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London: ITF unions representing workers in the Oneworld Alliance airlines today agreed to explore ways of taking a coordinated approach to labour relations across the Alliance, including the creation of a ‘One World of Labour Council’. They plan to meet in the USA in the April to flesh out the idea and develop joint strategies […]
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Flight Attendants in the USA Get Cabin Health and Safety Standards in Senate’s FAA Reauthorization (Press release from AFA-CWA – USA)
Last 11 Feb, PAL & PALEA finally had a conciliation conference before the Office of the President with one Secretary and two Assistant Secretaries in attendance. For the first time, PAL admitted that the financial status (crisis?) of the company is not the main reason for the outsourcing program that may eventually lead to contractualization of jobs of the regular employees
GENEVA, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Bad weather in Europe and North America hit first and business class air travel in December, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Thursday.
Advert published in The Guardian, Mirror and Daily Mail (all of the UK) about the reality behind the dispute of Unite the Union (UK) with British (BrUtish!) Airways.
Boeing Co rolled out a new jumbo jet on Sunday, hoping to relive the glamour of the birth of the 747 over 40 years ago and use it to boost slow sales. (Reuters)
The staff of Pakistan’s national airlines on Friday ended a strike, which had grounded all flights, after their demands were met, said Sohail Baluch, chief of the Pakistan Airline Pilots’ Association (PALPA). Reuters
It plans to start service with seven planes and then increase to 40 jets by the second half of this year. (Houston Chronicle)