The movement concerns France, Spain, Belgium, Italy and Portugal.
Several European unions of Ryanair hostesses and stewards are calling for a strike this weekend.
The French union of cabin crew (SNPNC) is calling for a strike on Saturday and Sunday to demand "the application of labor law and the payment of overtime".
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“The company also does not respect the rest times as provided for by the civil aviation code,” said SNPNC staff representative Damien Mourgues.
His union is also asking for a salary increase for the cabin crew members who are "paid at the minimum wage".
✊RYANAIR: EUROPEAN HOSTESS AND STEWARDS STRIKE ✊@Ryanair #Strike #strike #RyanairMustChange pic.twitter.com/UaaYAP8l6T
— SNPNC Ryanair (@Snpnc_Ryanair) June 17, 2022
On June 12 and 13, a strike had already caused the cancellation of a quarter of Ryanair's program in France, ie around forty flights.
In Spain, the USO and SITCPLA unions are calling on the staff of the Irish low-cost airline to go on strike from June 24 to July 2.
They too demand the application of “fundamental labor rights” and “decent working conditions for all employees”.
Lack of staff
The same thing in Portugal where a three-day strike is planned from June 24 to 26 in order to protest against the deterioration of working conditions, as in Belgium where Michael O'Leary, the company's general manager, swept aside reverse hand the multiplication of these social movements.
“We operate 2,500 flights a day.
Most of these flights will continue to operate, even if a Mickey union strikes in Spain or if the Belgian cabin crew unions want to strike here,” he told a press conference in Brussels. June 14.
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In Italy, the strike is scheduled for 24 hours on Saturday June 25.
Pilots and cabin crew are demanding salaries “at least in line with the minimum salary provided for by the national air transport contract” in their country.
Ryanair has experienced a dazzling rebound in activity since the lifting of restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, like the entire airline sector.
Its activity already exceeds that recorded in 2019.
With the rapid recovery in traffic, many companies find themselves forced to cancel flights due to lack of staff, like EasyJet, and airports are struggling to absorb the flow of passengers.
Strike movements by employees in the sector are thus multiplying all over Europe to denounce the rapid deterioration of their working conditions.
