New Aircrew Act in Brazil (originally published on SNA’s website in Portuguese)

The National Aircrew Union (SNA) is pleased to announce to the profession and to society as a whole that the Presidential Approval of Act 13.574/2017, the New Aircrew Act, was published in the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU) on Tuesday 29th August 2017 without a veto of any kind. Thus, the act comes into force in […]


September 1, 2017

Aviation strikes in Argentina and Brazil ramp up pressure on LATAM

Strikes by civil aviation workers in Brazil and Argentina on 3 February were the latest actions in a battle across the region to improve working conditions at the giant LATAM Airlines Group (LATAM). The two-hour stoppage in Brazil was part of a general strike organised by pilots, cabin crew and ground staff over the collective […]


February 11, 2016

LAN and TAM airline workers to strike today in Argentina and Brazil

Aviation workers in Brazil voted to strike on February 3rd· Strikes likely to continue in Argentina · Colombia is negotiating to improve conditions for workers and may join in actions supporting the Brazil and Argentina stoppages. Aviation workers from Brazil and Argentina are striking to improve the working conditions at the giant LATAM Airlines Group. […]


February 3, 2016

Civil aviation unions demand rights agreement or risk World Cup flights (traveldailynews.com)

Civil aviation union leaders have warned that World Cup flights could be delayed or cancelled unless LATAM Group employers agree to restart pay negotiations urgently with Peruvian unions.With less than a month to go before the World Cup starts, representatives of LATAM network trade unions met at the ITF office in Rio, Brazil last week […]


May 22, 2014

Civil aviation unions demand rights agreement or risk World Cup flights

Civil aviation union leaders have warned that World Cup flights could be delayed or cancelled unless LATAM Group employers agree to restart pay negotiations urgently with Peruvian unions. With less than a month to go before the World Cup starts, representatives of LATAM network trade unions met at the ITF office in Rio, Brazil last […]


May 20, 2014