EasyJet flight crew unions kept up their threat of a Christmas strike on Thursday after a meeting with management they say failed to win sufficient pay advances, union sources reported.
SNPNC and UNAC, which represent the majority of EasyJet flight attendants and hostesses in France, demand an 8% increase in their salaries to cover inflation – which was 7.1% last November – and the increase in the cost of your mutual, recently modified. . These negotiations, which will end on December 7, take place in a tense social climate in the aviation sector, while assistance is expected to peak at Christmas after three years of difficulties linked to the health crisis.
Other social movements within Air France and the ADP group
The Air France hostess and flight attendant unions UNAC and SNGAF have also submitted a strike notice from December 22 to January 2. They demand the signing of a provisional collective agreement that replaces the agreement that determines their social benefits that expired at the end of October.
At Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport, ADP group employees responsible for power supply went on strike earlier in the week to demand more hiring, we learned from FO-ADP. Other movements are currently interrupting the refueling of planes and there has also been a strike in the transport of Air France goods, according to the CGT.
British customs services have also planned to shut down over the holidays, which should cause major disruption at airports across the Channel.
Withdrawal of management proposals in case of strikes
EasyJet management makes it clear that there is currently no strike notice filed in France. “We will continue to work hard to find a solution and will do everything possible to avoid any impact on our customers,” a spokesperson said before the meeting. EasyJet declined to publicize its proposals.
The airline said that if strikes were announced, all proposals made so far by management would be withdrawn, according to an email sent to the unions. The British company employs 1,800 people in France, including 1,000 cabin crew.
Source: BFM TV
