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Ryanair recognised unions


for the first time in December but pilots’ body the ECA says ‘the airline is reverting to previous anti-union tactics’


Ryanair faces more strikes as unions lobby for pilots


A wave of industrial action threatens carrier’s summer schedule. Ian Taylor reports


Ryanair joined easyJet, Wizz Air and the International Airlines Group, which owns British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus, in demanding EU action to lessen the impact of air traffic control strikes last week.


But the airline faces a bigger


threat to its schedule from its growing confrontation with pilots and cabin crew across Europe as unions demand improved employment terms, which could eat into Ryanair’s cost advantages over rivals.


German union Vereinigung 64 travelweekly.co.uk 2 August 2018


Cockpit announced on Monday that Ryanair pilots in Germany had voted 96% in favour of strikes over pay and conditions, and forecast action “possibly” within a week. The union said it would give “at least” 24 hours’ notice. Ryanair pilots in Ireland


were due to strike this Friday (August 3). Cabin crew in Spain, Portugal and Belgium went on strike for two days last week, and crew in Italy for one day. The carrier hit back last week, issuing redundancy notices to more than 100 pilots and 200


cabin crew in Dublin, blaming strikes on July 12, 20 and 24 for a 20% cut in its Dublin fleet this winter following “a downturn in forward bookings and airfares”. But that only led Irish pilots’


union Forsa to call another strike this week, denouncing the airline’s move as “reckless”. The European Cockpit Association (ECA), which represents pilots in 38 associations, warned: “This will fuel frustration.” ECA president Dirk Polloczek


said: “Ryanair pilots across Europe are determined to obtain direct employment contracts governed by the local law of the country they are based in. A fair and transparent Master Seniority Agreement is a


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