Division of the Spanish Airline Pilots Association (Sepla) easy jet will start this friday a strike in three periods of 72 hours each, it will open the days 12, 13 and 14 August, besides the days 19, 20 and 21 of the same month and meanwhile 27, 28 and 29“Given the company’s refusal to improve the working conditions the pilots had before the pandemic and to negotiate the second collective agreement.”
In a statement from the pilots, strike is “the last possible resource” They also apologized to the passengers “to those who were very affected by this situation”.
The unions claimed the “goodwill” of the Sepla Union Division during the collective bargaining negotiations, as they agreed to cut wages “to guarantee not just jobs but the survival of the company itself in Spain” during the worst months of the pandemic.
However, they stated that it “fulfilled its goal”. reduce the working conditions of pilotseasyJet has announced that it has increased the number of aircraft and pilots at its bases in Barcelona and Palma, and has opened an entirely new base in Malaga.
Negotiations for easyJet’s second collective agreement were concluded last July, according to the pilots. The company refused to agree with any requests from the pilots’ representatives.” and presented a new proposal that “really shortens working conditions even further”.
“Companies are within their right to save the muscle, but not at the expense of workers; if the situation returns to 2019 levels, the time has come. recover lost conditions for a question of justice”, Sepla’s spokespersons stated.
Regarding the number of flights, representatives emphasized that the number of flights is “currently very similar to what it was in 2019”, but that the company “refuses to improve working conditions”.
easyJet operates with bases across Europe and each country has different types of employment contracts. The unions assure that “the conditions of the Spanish pilots are always worse than the others, and they are made worse by the company’s new proposal.”
Minimum services more than 57%
Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda minimum services for easyJet Spanish pilots’ strike of 57% for flights based in Palma de Mallorca, 60% for flights to Malaga and 61% for flights to Barcelona and Menorca.
According to the tariff provided by the airline, all flights scheduled for strike days are international and the agreed minimum services are those resulting from the application of these protection percentages to company-operated public transport air services with a point of departure or destination at the airports of Malaga, Barcelona, ​​Palma de Mallorca and Menorca.
In addition, the condition of the crew necessary for the effective performance of technical positioning operations and air transport services as deemed necessary, those carried out between strike days and in the periods after the end of the strike, as well as others such as scheduled flights. The departure time was before the start of the strike and the scheduled arrival time was during the strike period.
Workers who are called to strike by law, regardless of where they spent the night on the days when the strike was called, are counted as those assigned as a permanent base to one of the work centers where the strike was called.
With respect to the list of specific flights affected by these minimum services, it is up to easyJet to determine the flights subject to the resolution percentages of the minimum services described above and are required to take appropriate action for those flights. provided.
Source: Informacion
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