His five-month strike by Spanish Ryanair flight attendants has just begun and could disrupt the travel plans of up to 1.4 million people.
The two unions, Unión Sindical Obrera (USO) and his SITCPLA, have announced that from 8 August 2023 he will take five months of industrial action until 7 January after the airport was closed in June and July. asked.
There will be a 24-hour strike every week, Monday through Thursday, according to his USO sources who told Euronews Travel. It usually lasts until late summer and the holiday season when demand is high.
His 10 Ryanair hubs in Spain saw 310 flights canceled and 3,455 of his flights delayed, especially at Barcelona’s El Prat airport, in the past 18 days of early summer strikes.
“There were some flights canceled or delayed in Spain in July, mostly due to ATC strikes and flight delays. Flights canceled in July as a result of strikes by USO and Sitcpla There was no Ryanair statement.
The airline said it had already signed an employment contract with “Spain’s largest cabin crew union (CCOO)”.
“Ryanair does not expect any disruption to its 3,000 daily flights in August and September as a result of the poorly supported strikes by Spain’s two cabin crew unions.”
What does Ryanair expect from its employees?
One of the union’s demands is the immediate reinstatement of the 11 employees fired in July during the strike.
“There are layoffs on a virtually daily basis. Last week her 10th employee was hired and yesterday his second employee of 12 years, based in Barcelona, was hired.” said the union member.
In addition, it wants to drop disciplinary action against the approximately 100 employees who took part in the strike.
They are intimidating the team by doing this.
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“They are threatening employees by doing this. This is to warn employees not to go on strike,” said a union spokeswoman.
Despite the circumstances, they insist the company does not negotiate with the union.
According to the USO, “There is still no form of cooperation on his behalf.”
“Despite all the challenges, from his 35% of strike follow-ups he made 40%.”
The airports of Madrid-Barajas, Barcelona, Malaga, Alicante, Seville and Palma de Mallorca will be most affected by the new measures. Flights to and from Spain, as well as domestic and international connections are affected.
