Returning from vacation may be complicated for those who fly. Five unions in the Air France short-haul network (CGT, FO, CFDT, CFE-CGC and Unsa) have filed strike strike notices for Friday and Saturday at regional stopovers and at the airport. 'Orly to protest in particular against the increased use of subcontracting.
For its part, the pilots' union of Hop!, A subsidiary of Air France, called a strike Monday, February 24, after having rejected the proposal for a salary increase for the management.
At regional stopovers and at Orly airport, Air France unions are protesting against the increased use of subcontracting after several voluntary departure plans.
A voluntary departure plan in progress
The CGT, FO, CFDT, CFE-CGC and Unsa of the company Air France "refuse to endorse the attrition (Editor's note: the loss of elements in the business) " of the sector.
We find in the claims "the opening of voluntary mobilities" on the operation of short-haul "to meet the need for understaffed calls", "the use of external resources" to ensure the flight program of the 'summer 2020 "at busy stopovers without systematic use of subcontracting".
In addition, the five unions are asking for the “possibility of hiring permanent and qualified staff on permanent contracts. »Claims which arise when a voluntary departure plan which concerns 465 people out of more than 3,000 employees (piste trades, agents responsible for check-in and boarding, etc.) was launched in September and must end in March.
Consequently, the unions, who believe that discussions with management have stalled, call the staff to walkouts “from a few hours to a day”.
Wage rises at Hop!
The other big file concerns the wages of the Hop! Pilots. The pilots of the regional subsidiary of Air France rejected "unanimously" the proposal for a salary increase for management.
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They maintained the strike notice for the day of Monday, February 24 and then for all the following Fridays. Management proposed an increase in the payroll by 3% (about 5.5 million euros) while the SNPL asked "at least six million euros more" to lift the notice.
Already in December, the union had filed a strike notice of 144 hours spread over twelve days, which initially ran from February 14. This notice was then postponed in order to “give the dialogue a chance” with management.
The return of tensions
Since the last strike by the Hop! in the summer of 2017, social tensions seemed to be eased. But there, the union demands not only an "improvement of the social contract" but also a better integration of the pilots within the parent company Air France.
Between 2016 and 2019, some 70 Hop pilots! could join Air France each year, after selection and starting from the bottom of the ladder in terms of seniority and salary.
The SNPL Hop! wishes to see this system "perpetuated" from 2020 and offers transitional solutions when management seeks to limit the departure of its pilots in order to protect its activity.
In addition, SNPL Hop! also calls for improved wages and working conditions when the existence of "short nights" between two flights is "extremely tiring". Management proposed an increase in wages of 3%, against 12% obtained by the pilots of Air France according to the union.
