A complicated day for those who have to take a plane flight on July 26: two national strikes are confirmed, also confirmed on the ENAC website, the body that supervises civil aviation. Here is the list of guaranteed flights.
* ENAV National Soc. Personnel and Milan Area Control Center – EASY JET Personnel – Duration 12 hours (from 08:00 to 20:00);
* Ground crew of the EMIRATES company and of the Cargo Plus company – Duration 4 hours (from 10:00 to 14:00).
EasyJet strike
“EasyJet pilots and flight attendants will strike July 26, from 8 to 20 to claim compliance with contractual and redundancy agreements and the resolution of multiple management problems that afflict both categories in the conduct of flight operations in this pandemic period”. Thus the Secretary General of Uiltrasporti, Claudio Tarlazzi, and the National Secretary, Ivan Viglietti “Easyjet is a company that has always distinguished itself from other low fare companies for the high standards of service offered to the customer, the discrete management skills and the good relations both with employees and their representatives. Unfortunately, in this last period, and especially after its adhesion to AICALF, we are witnessing a considerable deterioration in the working conditions of employees, a lack of involvement of the Trade Union, an unacceptable tendency to violate the agreements, and to the application of management methods typical of less evolved industrial realities and less attentive to people. This attitude is taking on worrying aspects. We therefore ask the management for a decisive turnaround that can once again bring serenity among the flight crews and allow us to restore the working climate necessary to guarantee the post-pandemic recovery and the growth of easyJet on the Italian market, an essential condition for guaranteeing development and employment. of quality in our country, also in view of the imminent renewal of the national collective labor agreement for the sector, which constitutes the minimum legal reference for the market, and of which easyJet should be, in our opinion, one of the main players avoiding slipping towards unscrupulous realities , disrespectful of the rules and rights, which pollute the market by feeding the scourge of social and wage dumping “, they conclude.
Emirates strike
“The four-hour strike is confirmed, from 10 to 14, for Monday 26 July of the workers of Emirates, who will demonstrate in front of the embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Rome”. Fit-Cisl gives the news, explaining that “Emirates is one of the most profitable companies in the world air transport scene, but in Italy it has unilaterally initiated a procedure for the sale of a business unit with a declaration of redundancies and contextual transfer of the headquarters from Rome to Milan ».
“It is legitimate – reads a note – the anger of the Italian workers of the company who, together with the Fit Cisl, go on strike and protest against the actions taken by the company which, while using incentives and social safety nets, decides to downsize the business through closures and sale of assets, citing reasons clearly in contrast with the current situation of the carrier.
“It is highly questionable that the United Arab Emirates carrier will reduce its staff to the threshold of the start of the Expo, which will be held in Dubai from October 2021 to March 2022. For these reasons, in the face of the statements made by the company’s managers who speak of “excellent results” for the cargo sector, despite the pandemic, Fit-Cisl calls for the reduction of the days of social safety nets which, with the utmost transparency, must be spread among all workers, and that the field be cleared of any hypothesis of transfer or redundancy “.