Norse Atlantic Airways and International Transport Workers’ Federation enter into recognition agreement

The new low-cost longhaul airline Norse Atlantic Airways and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have signed a recognition agreement with the goal of securing collective bargaining agreements with the airline’s future cabin crew and pilots in Europe and the US. Both parties commit to seeing an airline that is built on good labour relations […]


May 19, 2021

Unite signs bumper pay deal with Ryanair (unitetheunion.org)

Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, has secured an inflation busting pay deal for Ryanair cabin crew. Senior cabin crew who are employed directly by Ryanair will see their pay rise dramatically, customer service supervisors (CSS) received a 9.5 per cent increase from September last year while junior CSS’ received an 11.01 per cent […]


February 7, 2020

Irish crew force Stobart Air to the negotiating table

Cabin crew represented by Fórsa have secured recognition negotiations with Stobart Air under threat of industrial action. Until now, Stobart has refused to consider even recognising a union, let alone entering into full collective bargaining on cabin crew pay and working conditions. Tired of having their fundamental rights ignored, on Wednesday 84% of crew voted […]


April 12, 2019

Ryanair, you must play fair!

  The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) leadership have called for Ryanair to play fair and continue to honour the commitment they made on 15 December to recognise trade unions on behalf of all of their whole workforce, and to radically change their employment model to address long standing worker concerns. Speaking to the executive […]


April 23, 2018

Sign the pledge to protect good Alaska jobs at Anchorage International Airport (AFL-CIO/actionnetwork.org)

Working men and women at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport need your support in their fight for respect on the job. A new out-of-state contractor, Menzies Aviation, is refusing to negotiate with fuelers, plant operators and mechanics who keep our airport running safely and efficiently. Let’s show Menzies we won’t tolerate attacks on working Alaskans. […]


July 31, 2017