Babcock emergency helicopter company workers mobilize for wage freeze

Babcock is the company of the majority of the air emergency services in Spain resulting from the acquisition of the mutxamel company from the KKR investment fund. inaer And mobilization by Babcock International Group in 2016 affects all Babcock Fleet employees, Management Y technicianswhich attachments 650. The pilots belong to Babcock Spain and were not affected by this protest. this calendar The mobilization will be announced to the public shortly.

In a statement from the companies committee a year before this sale, “İnaer’s first collective agreement was signed for the following three years, a contract condemned by the business side. Since 2017, the legal representation of workers has worked relentlessly. new deal to preserve or improve the working and economic conditions of workers”.

“From 2017 to the present, violations of the agreement signed in 2015 have become the norm in company management and HR management, violations that must be resolved in court,” they warn. Sublime and the National Court, the legal means we had to follow to defend workers’ right to work”.

And they regret that “after a change in what appears to be a change in the company’s attitude towards workers, the social part started up again last spring.” talks With an unprecedented rise in prices, these measures should be the last option, in hopes of not having to go on strike. The problem is that Babcock company, which was acquired by the Ancala Partners mutual fund and will be referred to as Avincis again in the future, delayed a case. indefensible over the last five years, overdoing it”.

“During these months, Babcock-Ancala Parters (Avincis) continued to fail to comply with the National Court’s decision regarding the proper housing of workers assigned to the campaign, attempting to violate workers’ right to legal representation, and the loss of purchasing power of the entire workforce. Salary tables almost frozen for over 7 yearsAmong other actions, in the CPI scenario with a cumulative CPI of over 19% at that time, workers were in an unbearable situation”.

Crisis

“This company has experienced one of the biggest crises in aviation, for example, covid, has virtually no impact on its business and client billing as its main areas of operation are rescue, sanitation and firefighting operations. Even now it is growing in care for third partiesHowever, the workforce is shrinking because of their treatment and contempt for workers.”

And “therefore, the present Babcock’s works council, start a mobilization to inform the community, customers and current and future owners (Ancala) of their situation so that the board of directors is aware of the importance of decent working conditions”.

Babcock has assets associated with firefighting, air medical transport or rescue operations. Spain, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Sweden and Finland, where totally employs some 2,400 people and have 232 aircraft.