A French court has ruled that Irish low cost airline Ryanair must pay €8.1m (£6.4m) in damages and €200,000 in fines for breaches of French labour laws. An appeal court in Aix-en-Provence found the company guilty of paying workers under Irish contracts to avoid making French social security payments. The case refers to Ryanair staff […]
In German there’s a saying that “dogs that are hurt, bark”. It’s a bit like the phrase from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”: “One doth protest too much”. The fact that a trade union dares to report on the poor working conditions at Qatar Airways seems to have struck a nerve. The fact that Mr. Al-Baker, CEO of […]
In a bid to ramp up the pressure on LOT Polish Airlines (LOT) over its unlawful sacking of Andrzej Jeżewski, vice-president of the ITF and ETF affiliated cabin crew union ZZPP, the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) has urged the voice of the European airline industry and Polish members of the European Parliament to use […]
On behalf of 2.5 million transport workers and 250,000 civil aviation workers from 41 European countries and over 230 trade unions, the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) expresses its full support to the industrial action currently being in progress at ‘Norwegian Air’ by Parat. The ETF has learnt that Norwegian’s management is not ready to […]
The job announcement entices: the possibility to dine in Paris, lunch in New York and have breakfast in Montreal. A tax-free salary, housing and transportation paid – and the chance to live in the Middle East as a flight attendant for one of the most prestigious airlines in the world, Qatar Airways. It’s all true, […]
In a unanimous decision Borgarting Court of Appeal has ruled that the case Parat is conducting on behalf of the Italian flight attendant Alessandra Cocca against Ryanair shall be put before the Norwegian courts. The Supreme Court’s Interlocutory Committee ruled in December to reverse a similar ruling from the Court of Appeal due to a […]
ITF acting general secretary Steve Cotton spoke up about a dispute between Thai Airways and the ITF-affiliated Thai Airways International Union (TGU) today after it emerged that the airline is seeking damages claims against union leadership. The claim follows a dispute from early 2013, when Thai Airways announced that there would be no basic pay […]
The CEO of Qatar Airways has dismissed claims made in a Swedish newspaper that alleged unfair treatment of its employees. The article in the Expressen newspaper was based around the experiences of three unnamed former employees of the airline – two cabin crew members and one pilot. They told tales of punishments for breaking curfews, […]