The easyJet cabin crew strike canceled 220 flights from Saturday to Monday, an official source at the National Union of Civil Aviation Pilots (SNPVAC) said.
According to the source, the airline has scheduled 276 flights, of which 52 flights are scheduled at least.
“Thus, in these three days, 220 flights were canceled, and only four flights were operated. These four flights were operated by easyJet flight licensed managers,” he stressed.
According to SNPVAC, “With the exception of these four flights, on which the flight crew consists of licensed easyJet managers, the strike was 100% executed.”
easyJet flight attendants in Portugal went on strike March 17 for April 1, 2 and 3 after talks with the company stalled, SNPVAC said in a statement.
In its rationale for advancing the initiative, the union recalled the recovery of the sector in recent years after the pandemic, recalling that in Portugal the easyJet crew “has always been serious about understanding the company’s operational needs over the years.” voted “unanimously when the company asked for help, agreeing to freeze their working conditions for three years.”
However, as SNPVAC pointed out, “during the pandemic, easyJet has decided to maintain “top-ups” much higher than in Portugal to certain countries such as Germany and the UK. [Reino Unido]which, in turn, already had much more support from the state.”
The union also indicated that “when the operation resumed, easyJet decided to help” “the Spanish colleagues with a minimum guarantee when the crew in Portugal faced financial difficulties” and that “Portuguese bases and routes are among the most profitable”. online”.
“Due to the economic situation, EasyJet workers have lost purchasing power over the past three years,” they stressed, noting that “the rising cost of living is choking workers and jeopardizing the well-being and comfort of their families.”
“In the last two years, flight attendants have had to face events that no one foresaw, being on the front lines even during critical periods,” SNPVAC said, ensuring that “in other countries and bases where the company does not present the same level of profitability as and in Portugal, colleagues achieved significant increases” and that “in these countries, agreements were made over the summer to protect the stability of working hours.”
The SNPVAC statement argued that easyJet’s flight attendants “cannot continue to allow the company to maintain a stance of indifference to long-identified class issues,” ensuring that “a climate of tension and dissatisfaction has long stalemate in resolving various labor disputes.”
For the union, “the stalemate reached in the current AE/CLA negotiations is unacceptable and could drag on indefinitely”, reassuring that professionals in Portugal “want their loyalty and productivity to be shown towards an established company”.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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