A five-day strike by Swissport International ground handling workers at Brussels Airport in Belgium came to an end on May 17 after the intervention of its international CEO resulted in the company meeting the workers’ main demands, reports ITF affiliat…
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is calling on international aviation authorities to investigate allegations that Turkish Airlines (THY) is playing with safety by flying airplanes with insufficient or unqualified crew in order to get around a strike by THY workers protesting at unfair sackings. The Hava-Is union, which represents THY workers, went on strike […]
The ETF strongly supports the strike, organised by all Belgian unions defending the Swissport ground handling workers at Zaventem airport, which started on Sunday 12 May 2013. This strike is the result of loss of jobs, increase of work pressure, bad working conditions and no respect of the collective agreements and a complete lack of […]
Since Sunday 12th of May all workers of Swissport handling decided to go on strike. In September Swissport bought Flightcare. Immediately after the takeover, Swissport wanted to increase the flexibility of the workers. Swissport didn’t accept that in the Belgian way of working and social dialogue you need to respect collective bargaining agreements and you […]