Unions at EasyJet’s French subsidiary are threatening to strike during the holiday to demand a pay rise, and the company’s management said on Monday it was prepared to continue talks to avoid flight cancellations.
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A strike notice has yet to be formally lodged, but the flight attendants and flight attendants unions and management split last Thursday following the failure of mandatory annual negotiations (NAO), union staff delegate William Burdon (SNPNC-FO) told AFP. ). According to him, while the inter-union created with the Union of Civil Aviation Sailors (Unac) demands price increases in line with inflation, the company offers.Below 6%» for total remuneration including fixed and variable parts.
And “at the same time– assured William Burdon, –the company has decided to change our health insurance provider“. “Contribution increases due to this bad election in January will not be refunded. (…) Regarding pensions, we have +94%“. After the failure of the NAO, a “conflict resolution processbetween management and unions, but William Burdon said he was pessimistic about the outcome of these discussions;it’s a bad start“.
Christmas strike threat
SNOC warned on Thursday.very significant risk of cabin crew layoffs during the year-end holidays“and”urged the management to reconsider its position“. EasyJet France remainsalways in the logic of dialogueEven if:we are very disappointed that SNOC is publicly threatening to hold customers hostage over the holidays while discussions are still ongoing;“.
For him, during the NAO, aircrew unions in France “was offered (…) very competitive and above the average inflation of the last 12 months and unfortunately this offer was rejected;“. He felt that the Union required “were probably quite detached from the economic reality of the company” while “we have just experienced the biggest crisis in our history, we have lost money in the last three years, we are still in a fragile state.“. “Obviously, we are doing everything we can to avoid any strike that would affect our customers.– promised Bertrand Godinault.
Source: Le Figaro
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