Ryanair’s winter of discontent (bloomberg.com)

December 15, 2017

The budget airline’s first strike is a battle for our times.

By Chris Bryant

Ryanair Holdings Plc’s winter of discontent is coming. Unhappy with their working conditions and the budget airline’s refusal to recognize collective bargaining, pilots are set to strike for the first time in Europe in the run-up to Christmas.

A reckoning with Ryanair’s much-imitated strain of uncompromising capitalism was overdue — but it’s unlikely to be the turning point employees wish for.

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Tags: anti-union, business model, Collective Bargaining, industrial action, Low Cost Carrier, Ryanair, strike