The flight attendant union said the easyJet strike was 100% complete this Sunday morning, the second day of the shutdown, but the airline says 40% of scheduled workers were on duty.
An official source at the company told Lusa that 40% of the crew scheduled to work this Sunday were on duty at their respective airports, meaning 60% joining the strike.
This means the strike had “less impact” than Friday’s noon strike, which had around 70% adherence.
Speaking to Lusa, Ricardo Penarroyas, President of the National Union of Civil Aviation Pilots (SNPVAC), noted that the workers had 100% joined the strike and referred to the 386 flights canceled by the company, adding that, however, a minimum of services are being provided.
“Once again, compliance has been and remains 100%. The company already proceeded from this, even when it canceled 386 flights. Minimum services are performed. Although we do not agree with the principle of minimum service, the truth is that we respect and comply with them,” he stressed.
Workers are fighting for “improved wages and working conditions.”
This Sunday morning, dozens of easyJet flight attendants were clustered at Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport in Porto, holding signs with messages such as “millionaire bonuses, unstable wages.”
Ricardo Penarroyas noted that 26 flights were canceled at this airport this Sunday, while a total of 72 flights were canceled in Portugal.
The easyJet cabin crew strike began on Friday and will repeat on May 30, June 1 and 3.
The stoppage applies to “all flights operated by easyJet” as well as “other services to which flight attendants are assigned” whose “presentation hours occur nationally starting at 00:01 and ending at 24:00 every day. says the strike announcement issued by the union.
When the shutdown was announced, easyJet said it was “extremely disappointed” with the strike call, deeming the union’s offer of a 63% to 103% increase “unworkable” and announced it would make changes to flights prior to the strike. a strike to soften the impact on customers.
In a statement dated May 19, SNPVAC assured that “easyJet has previously made the decision to mass cancel flights: out of 458 initial flights with Portuguese bases in Lisbon, Porto and Faro, the company has already canceled 384 flights in advance, i.e. 84% of scheduled flights.”
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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