The National Union of Civil Aviation Flight Personnel (SNPVAC) this Saturday rejected any aggressive pressure on easyJet crew members to join the strike and deemed the company’s claims of minimum maintenance “bordering on derision.”
In a message sent to members, SNPVAC management “denies any aggressive pressure on its members to not operate flights” and “reminds the company of the percentage of members – more than 90% – disapproving of the July 4 proposal.”
“This disinformation campaign reaches a ridiculous level, especially when it was the company representatives who pressured the crew to operate flights not only to Faro, but also to Lisbon, “threatening” the closure of this first base,” he says.
These are allegations made by easyJet on Friday that, in a memo to Lusa, accused the union of “very aggressively pressuring its members to stay out of work and deliberately disrupting travel plans for passengers, leaving them stranded and canceling their well-deserved vacation” and claiming they were expecting “a higher level of minimum services” during the strike.
For SNPVAC, easyJet’s claims of minimum services “border on derision”, arguing that the company did not “comply with all minimum services put in place during previous shutdowns”.
In this Saturday note, the union also argues that “given the many offers for passengers provided by other airlines, there is no need to introduce minimum services.”
“However, we can’t help but praise the verticality of the guardianship, such as the Department of Labor, which, despite pressure from the company (not always in the most ethical way), has maintained the same amount of minimum services that was established during previous strikes,” he adds.
SNPVAC also highlights the contribution of the Portuguese bases “to 234 million euros in profit in the first quarter” and emphasizes that the company’s offer is “much lower than what was agreed in Spain, which, unlike Portugal, has only a fixed base.”
easyJet flight attendants went on strike Friday, lasting until Tuesday, demanding conditions similar to those at the carrier’s bases in other countries.
The airline said this afternoon that participation in the flight attendants’ strike this Saturday at around 6:00 pm was 50%, while the union indicated about 90%.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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