The PCP asked the government this Sunday about allegations that easyJet is promoting the replacement of striking flight attendants, which is “egregiously against the law” and requires government intervention.
In a question to Labor, Solidarity and Welfare Minister Ana Méndez Godinho, the communists say they were aware that easyJet was “sending a crew from the base in Lisbon to operate the flights originally assigned to the crew from the base in Porto” during the strike, which began on Friday and will last until Tuesday.
Citing specific cases of the flights in question, PCP reports that the Working Conditions Authority received all the information, believing that these were “extremely serious situations that constitute a flagrant violation of the law and require prompt and effective intervention by the authorities.”
Thus, the PCP is asking the government about this replacement of the striking crew, which it considers “an attack on easyJet workers and the law”, claiming to know that “the competent authorities have taken urgent action in connection with these violations, which are proven to be practiced” by this airline.
“Will the government maintain its stance of connivance and complicity with these transnational corporations and their actions, or will it finally intervene to end this unacceptable impunity,” he then asks.
The Communists also recall that on their initiative, in April and May, the bodies of the Ministry of Labor, Solidarity and Social Protection were summoned to the Assembly of the Republic specifically about the situation of easyJet and its employees, after listening to the testimony and complaints of the trade union, and then the “explanations” of the company’s management.
On Saturday, easyJet said participation in the flight attendants’ strike around 6 p.m. was 50%, while the union listed about 90%.
The National Union of Civil Aviation Pilots (SNPVAC) also rejected on Saturday any aggressive pressure on easyJet crew members to join the strike and deemed the company’s claims of minimum maintenance “bordering on derision.”
easyJet flight attendants went on strike Friday, lasting until Tuesday, demanding conditions similar to those at the carrier’s bases in other countries.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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