Ryanair cabin crew in Spain and beyond to strike on September 28
Friday, September 14, 2018 @ 10:31 PM
RYANAIR cabin crew in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Belgium and The Netherlands will be on strike on Friday, September 28 – and other countries may be joining in too, according to Spanish airline employees' unions USO and SITCPLA.
Earlier this week, a strike by German-based Ryanair staff, including pilots, led to 44 flights to and from Spain being cancelled.
USO and SITCPLA say they are prepared to organise strikes as often as once a month if necessary unless and until the company agrees to negotiate.
Poor working conditions and pay, a refusal to recognise unions and disciplinary threats against staff involved in these, and a refusal to comply with employment law in each country it is based in are some of the accusations against Ryanair made by its workers and unions across Europe.
Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Belgian cabin crew went on strike on July 25 and 26, and pilots in Germany and Ireland have done so since, with early-August strikes among Irish pilots causing havoc at London-Stansted airport, where Ryanair has one of its biggest UK bases.
The low-cost carrier says it is 'confident' that the 'vast majority' of its cabin crew will continue to work as normal on September 28, 'as has been the case during earlier industrial action', and to this end, 'disruption is expected to be minimal'.
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