Unions representing TAP workers this Thursday, in an open letter to the new president, demanded an end to wage cuts and the reinstatement of laid-off employees so that social peace can be restored to the airline.
In an open letter published this Thursday, the unions wish success to Luis Rodriguez (who takes office this Friday), whom they ask to meet soon and who can count on the workers to be “part of the solution” and “together raise TAP to the level he deserves.”
For unions, the arrival of a new TAP administration is “the perfect moment to do away with the ideological matrices and algorithmic management of bad memory for all that have only suffocated the lives of TAP Group workers.”
They say the workers want to “fight to restore confidence in the company, which has been irreparably shaken” by “the outgoing administration as well as the governing bodies” and that the current state of the company requires “serious and concrete action.” guarantee social peace.”
Immediately demand “the end of ATE [acordo temporário de emergência]ending wage cuts and freezes, canceling AE complaints [Acordos de Empresa]and the reintegration of workers subjected to collective redundancies.”
The unions say they will not stand still and will carry out a number of initiatives in the coming weeks, without specifying which ones.
The open letter was signed by trade unions of economists, engineers, aviation industry, metallurgical and related industries, national civil aviation workers, aviation and airport workers, aircraft maintenance technicians, engineers, technical engineers and architects, flight personnel of national civil aviation, civil aviation. Aviation pilots, commercial aviation personnel, airport maintenance technicians and transport workers in Portugal.
Luis Rodriguez will take over as Chairman of the Board of Directors (PCA) and Executive Chairman (CEO) of TAP this Friday.
The manager who led SATA was chosen by the government to replace the sacked Christine Urmier-Widener and Manuel Beja.
On March 6, the government announced the dismissal of the airline’s chief executive, Christine Urmier-Widener, and chairman of the board of directors, Manuel Beja, following the results of an inspection by the General Inspectorate for Finance (IGF). who concluded that the Alexandra Reis departure agreement was invalid and most of the compensation, amounting to around half a million euros, should be returned.
The controversy began in late December, when Correio da Manhã revealed that the then finance minister had received compensation of around €500,000 for leaving the TAP administration two years ahead of schedule.
The process has been harmonized in accordance with the code of commercial companies when TAP falls under the scope of the public manager law.
The case led to a government reshuffle, including the resignation of former infrastructure and housing minister Pedro Nuno Santos.
The TAP Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry has heard the top figures in recent weeks, including Christine Humier-Widener, Manuel Beja and Alexandra Reis, with revelations that have increased pressure on António Costa’s government.
Finance Ministers Fernando Medina, Parliamentary Affairs Ana Catarina Méndez and Infrastructure Minister Joao Galamba are in the spotlight after TAP’s executive president confirmed the Liberal Initiative’s complaint about a meeting with the PS parliamentary group held ahead of parliamentary hearings in January.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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