The CMA CGM air cargo pilots union has filed a strike notice until Friday to demand higher wages and better working conditions, the organization announced Tuesday. “The CMA CGM section of the National Union of Line Pilots (SNPL CCAC) has been calling for several months to establish a true social dialogue” in this airline launched by the logistics giant CMA CGM at the beginning of 2021 and which currently operates five aircraft and employs about 120 pilots.
Unkept promises
According to the SNPL, “the company carried out its first pilot recruitment in September 2021, in the midst of the Covid crisis” and “was able to establish employment and remuneration rules for its staff well below what is practiced in airlines. competitors”. “.
However, “the air situation has now changed, with a strong and very rapid resumption of activity in air transport”, while “CCAC is widely profitable”. However, denounced the SNPL, “promises to improve working conditions for pilots, made by management, are not fulfilled.” “This refusal by the management to improve working conditions is unacceptable for the CCAC pilots,” added the union, leaving behind the threat of a renewal of the social movement after Friday. When asked, CMA CGM declined to comment on the situation.
Net income divided by three in one year in the first quarter of 2023
According to a source familiar with the matter, the airline’s activities are little disturbed by the move and the dialogue is not broken. A comparative pay analysis is underway and should begin to be completed in September, according to the same source.
CMA CGM concluded agreements with Air France-KLM in May 2022, in particular on the joint operation of their cargo aircraft fleet. Like the French-Dutch group, the company has ordered four A350Fs from Airbus, the new long-haul cargo version of the European manufacturer, scheduled for 2025.
CMA CGM, which had taken full advantage of the rise in prices following the health crisis, achieving two years of record profits, has experienced a “normalization” of freight rates in recent months and has generated a divided net result in the first quarter of 2023. by three in one year, although still comfortable at 2 billion dollars.
Source: BFM TV
