Just before Christmas, at least German customers of Irish airline Ryanair still have to set up a strike by pilots. At four-hour industrial battle from 5.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m. on this Friday (22 December), Union Association Cockpit (VC) has called all permanent pilots of German bases. It would be first to stand out in history of 1985-based airline.
According to VC data, a total of 16 flights will fail. "This is a warning shot towards Ryanair," said VC spokesman Markus Wahl. The union wants to enforce a collective agreement with Ryanair. The aim is to have minimum standards for payment, leave or pay in case of sickness. Ryanair asked his approximately 400 pilots in Germany to work on Friday. The warning strike was deplorable and unjustified, criticized airline. "We plan to carry out all scheduled flights."
Prior to presentation of VC, initial exploratory talks with company in Dublin had not even been achieved. On Wednesday, Ryanair rejected two of five VC-tarifkommissions members present, ignoring union autonomy. "Ryanair continues to play on time, thus preventing entry into collective bargaining," said VC negotiator Ingolf Schumacher.
Shortly before announcement of warning strike, Ryanair had announced that it would want to speak with VC on 5 January in Frankfurt. Last week, company had surprisingly invited various national trade unions to talk and announced that y would recognize m as legitimate interests of Ryanair pilots. The trade unions had n withdrawn first concrete strike threats in order not to burden talks.
The offer of talks had aroused hopes in Union for a move away from strictly anti-union course of low-cost airline, which so far had only negotiated with local pilots ' committees at its more than 80 European bases. However, re was still mistrust among trade unions that airline wanted to keep lucrative Christmas business as undisturbed as possible only with a tactics.
The employee representatives demand a large number of improvements in working conditions of approximately 4,000 Ryanair pilots. Among or things, y are disturbed by poorly structured deployment plans, sudden and arbitrarily perceived disengagements, low fixed salaries and widespread system of so-called contract pilots.
Date Of Update: 22 December 2017, 12:02
