The FPU has sent a notice of dispute to Primera Air Nordic. The company flies out of Copenhagen Airport without a general agreement, with cabin crew employed under precarious terms of employment. Primera Air Nordics is a Latvian associated company of Danish Primera Air Scandinavia. FPU has an agreement with Primera Air Scandinavia, but via […]
August 29, 2018
Unite has warned the airline about ‘anti-union tactics’ in London to Perth flight Union claimed flight saw staff have an average duty period of 19 hours Qantas spokesperson said: ‘Safety is always our main priority’ Qantas has been blasted by Britain’s largest union over fears cabin crew are being overworked due to the airline’s new […]
May 21, 2018
Air France-KLM CEO Jean-Marc Janaillac said Friday he would step down “within days” after staff at the carrier rejected a company pay offer aimed at ending a series of strikes in recent weeks. Airline officials said 55.4 percent of employees voted against the pay deal that included a 7-percent pay rise over four years. Unions […]
May 8, 2018
Air India employees and their unions (comprising 10 Air India unions) recently launched a joint campaign against the proposed privatisation of the national carrier. As part of their joint campaign union activists have taken the following actions so far: Gate meetings and sectional meetings by joint forum 15 March to 15 April 2018. Representation and […]
May 3, 2018
Over the past few weeks, aviation workers around the globe have engaged in protracted and bitter strikes in an attempt to combat the destruction of jobs and conditions. Pilots, ground staff and cabin crews employed by some of the major carriers have been involved in these struggles. This outburst is an inevitable outcome of the […]
April 16, 2018
The Cabin Crew Union of LAN Express, a subsidiary of the Chile-based LATAM Airlines group, said workers would strike on Tuesday after mediation with the government failed to produce a new labor contract. The union, which includes about 1,000 airline workers, said in a statement on Saturday that the strike would affect all local flights […]
April 9, 2018
A union of cabin workers for LAN Express, a subsidiary of LATAM Airlines, said it failed to reach agreement on a labor contract and voted to strike as early as Tuesday. The union, which includes nearly 1,000 of the airline’s crew workers, said in a statement late on Thursday that a strike would paralyze local […]
April 4, 2018
Ryanair workers organised by our ITF/ETF affiliated organisations are being called to replace striking workers in Portugal. The ITF/ETF fundamentally questions Ryanair’s attempt to replace striking workers. The deployment of workers to break a strike constitutes a serious attack on the freedom of association, a freedom that is protected under international law. Ryanair should instead, […]
March 30, 2018
