Netherlands - Pilots at Transavia strike - February 28, 2018

Transavia’s pilots, some 500, have been without a pay agreement for over a year and negotiations broke down in February. The pilots’ union VNV has reacted with a strike. In a leaflet handed out to passengers it was assumed that Transavia plains at Schiphol, Eindhoven and Rotterdam airports would remain on the ground during the strike, which would last for several hours. The pilots are demanding improvements in the flight rosters so they can better plan in free time and time with their families. Currently, pilots face continual roster changes, the union says. In addition, the pilots are calling for a ‘modest pay rise’ and that their employer contributes into a special fund for pilots who become unable to fly through illness.

Read on: in English …  

For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers or Nuria Ramos Martin, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) cbn-aias@uva.nl or the communications officer at the ETUI, Willy De Backer wdebacker@etui.org. For previous issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit http://www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter. Since June 2013 readers can consult our archive and search through all articles in our database at www.cbnarchive.euYou may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net.

© ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2016. All rights reserved. We encourage the distribution of this newsletter and of the information it contains, for non-commercial purposes and provided the source is credited. The ETUI is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. The ETUI is financially supported by the European Union. The European Union is not responsible for any use made of the information contained in this publication.
This email is sent from www.etui.org.

Check Out WageIndicator's Newsletters on Gig Work

News Archive

Loading...