Ryanair flight attendants’ strike canceled 319 flights to or from Spain in June and July and caused 3,700 flight delays, labor unions in protest said Thursday.
This Thursday was the last day of the strikes announced by the air carrier for June and July in Spain, but the unions announced this week that the strikes would continue for another five months, from August 8 to January 7, 2023, given the lack of response. from company.
The new strike period will follow the pattern of the June and July strikes, which will run from Monday to Thursday each week.
Unions today confirmed that Ryanair fired 11 flight attendants in June and July “for exercising its right to strike,” which the company denies.
Workers’ representatives also denounced Spain’s labor ministry, which USO leader Ernesto Iglesias said had “showed no signs of life” in these weeks and was unwilling to mediate the conflict.
The same trade unionist, in a statement sent to the media this Thursday, said that Ryanair used the rank and file workers it has outside Spain to “end the strike” in defiance of Spanish law, which was reported to the labor inspectorate and which should lead to in sanctions against the airline.
The strikes are aimed at “obliging Ryanair to comply with Spanish law,” the unions say, which puts labor rights at stake with wage increases, holidays, days off and rest periods.
Ryanair salaries do not reach the minimum wage in Spain, according to the unions, and they point out that this has been confirmed by labor inspections at the Irish airline’s bases in Spain.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
