Airlines employees join Ryanair employees to improve their salary conditions
Easyjet cabin crew (TCP) in Spain will go on strike for nine days in July with the aim of unblocking negotiations on the II Collective Labor Agreement, according to the Uso union, which includes 80% of these workers, some 450 people.
The strike days are mentioned for the days 1, 2, 3, 15, 16, 17, 29, 30 and 31 July, with a duration of 24 hours, for the bases that the airline has in Spain, at the airports of Barcelona-El Prat, Malaga and Palma de Mallorca, which have six, seven and five aircraft respectively.
USO general secretary at EasyJet Malaga, Miguel Galán, regretted that the airline has no interest in negotiating the improvement of working conditions for crew members in Spain. He explained that these professionals currently have a base salary of 950 euros, which is 850 euros less than that of the same employees in France or Germany, meaning they have to stay “close to” the minimum interprofessional salary.
The union is asking for a 40% increase in base salary, to which would be added the supplement for flight hours. “Reaching the level of our French colleagues would mean an 80% salary increase, which is impossible in the current economic situation,” says Galán.
Among other improvements that USO claims for the new agreement are the increase in base salary, including the seniority allowance, a salary increase according to the CPI, compensation for training hours, payment of the maintenance costs of the crew members in the “refreshment courses” outside the national territory.
These interruptions are in addition to the shutdowns called for by the Ryanair TCPs in Spain for June 24, 25, 26 and 30 and July 1 and 2. The workers complain that the airline is not adhering to Spanish labor laws, such as not allowing 22 working days of vacation per year. In addition, the first three strike days will coincide with those of aircrew in Belgium, Portugal, France and Italy. A total of 2,700 Ryanair employees are being called on to strike in the five countries where the strike is announced.
Source: La Verdad
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