Unions at the French subsidiary of EasyJet are threatening a strike during the holiday period to obtain wage increases and the company's management said on Monday it was ready to continue discussions in order to avoid flight cancellations.
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No strike notice has yet been formally filed, but the stewardesses and stewards unions and the management parted ways last Thursday over a failure of the mandatory annual negotiations (NAO), union delegate William Bourdon told AFP. cabin crew (SNPNC-FO).
According to him, while the inter-union formed with the Union of Civil Aviation Navigators (Unac) is demanding increases in line with inflation, what the company is proposing is "
below 6%
" for total compensation .
, including fixed and variable parts.
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And “
at the same time
”, assured William Bourdon, “
the company chose to change insurer on our health insurance
”.
“
The increases in contributions that we will undergo in January because of these bad choices will not be compensated.
(…) On provident insurance, we have +94%
”.
After the failure of the NAO, a " conflict resolution process
" opened on Monday
between management and unions, but William Bourdon said he was pessimistic about the outcome of these discussions: "
it's badly started
".
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Risk of strike for Christmas
Thursday, the SNPNC had warned against “
a very significant risk of work stoppage for cabin crew during the end-of-year holidays
” and “
urged management to reconsider its position
”.
EasyJet France remains "
always in a logic of dialogue
", told AFP its general manager Bertrand Godinot on Monday, even if "
we are very disappointed that the SNPNC is publicly threatening to take customers hostage for the holidays while discussions are still in progress
”.
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For him, during the NAO, the unions of seafarers in France "
were offered (...) a very competitive offer and higher than the average inflation during the last 12 months, and unfortunately this offer was rejected
".
He felt that union demands "
were probably quite disconnected from the economic reality of the company
" when "
we have just experienced the biggest crisis in our history, we have lost money over the previous three years , we are still in a fragile situation
.
"
Obviously, we are doing our best to avoid any strike that would impact our customers
," promised Bertrand Godinot.
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