Vueling’s management spoke on Tuesday of “schedule adjustments” to its flights due to a strike by staff at the France-based airline, while the union behind the notice mentioned nine routes canceled on Friday alone.
The French status flight attendants of the “low-cost” airline are called to strike for at least the next three weekends of school holidays and long weekends in France, their union announced Monday, demanding in particular revaluations and an improvement of working conditions. .
Due to this strike announced by the SNPNC-FO “for the period from April 21 to May 10, the company will make some adjustments to the planned program in order to minimize the potential impact on customers,” he promised in a press release. . sent to AFP on Tuesday.
Nine flights already canceled
“Vueling will work in coordination with all the teams to anticipate the inconvenience that this situation may cause, avoiding, as far as possible, further inconvenience to customers,” according to the same source.
The company did not specifically mention the flight cancellations but, according to an SNPNC-FO union representative, at least nine flights were already canceled on Friday departing from Vueling’s base in Orly, specifically to Milan, Rome or even Lisbon. According to the representative, Vueling operates between 30 and 40 daily flights in France.
His organization had pointed out this Monday a “lack of recognition in the remuneration of its hostesses and hostesses”, a “major change in schedules on many occasions in the month”, a “disconnection during non-respected days off” and “many errors to pay” to justify your notification.
Vueling employs about 190 flight attendants and hostesses in France, according to SNPNC-FO.
“Open for negotiation”
The union “remains open to negotiation with the management to find a solution, however, in view of the last meetings (…), we can only note a total failure in the negotiation,” it had said on Monday.
For its part, according to management, “Vueling strives to reach lasting agreements with all collective organizations to ensure sustainable growth that ensures competitiveness in the market, while guaranteeing beneficial results for all parties involved.”
Founded in 2004 in Spain and focused on “low-cost”, Vueling is a member of the IAG group, along with British Airways and Iberia in particular.
Source: BFM TV
