The Aeronautical Personnel Association (APA) announced this Wednesday afternoon the lifting of the strike that they carried out surprisingly earlier. The measure was taken in Jorge Newbery Airport following an allegedly arbitrary and unjust dismissal of a Intercargo employee.
At noon, Intercargo workers carried out the force measure for the dismissal, affecting the ramp service of airline companies such as Flybondi, JetSmart, Goal, Sky and Latam. The unions demanded their reinstatement through assemblies, generating more complications for the passengers. It is worth specifying that Aerolíneas Argentinas operations were not affected by this measurealthough it was already facing previous problems due to the protest of the APLA pilots.
From the Ministry of Transportation they reported that “Intercargo made the decision to dismiss an employee for abandoning his job, causing delays in the collection of luggage for hundreds of passengers and making airport activity difficult.
”The incident had occurred on Saturday at Aeroparquewhen the coordinator of the luggage unloading service ignored the direct order to remain at his job until he was relieved by a colleague and left the operation unattended, delaying the delivery of suitcases for two hours,” they had added.
Given that situation, “The company quickly made the decision to terminate the employee’s employment for not performing his duties correctly.affecting users and delaying airport operations during the weekend.”
The APA statement: they demanded ”legitimate reincorporation
In contrast, APA issued its own statement stating: “We urgently demand his legitimate reinstatement. We warn that there may be delays due to information meetings”.
”We will not allow this type of provocations, even less so in the midst of the irresponsibility of Fernando Montes, President of Intercargo, and his managers in the face of a joint meeting that was intentionally interrupted to economically harm all of Intercargo’s workers,” they concluded.
The Government goes to court against Intercargo workers for “abandonment and kidnapping of people”
As the presidential spokesperson had anticipated Manuel Adorni, The Government brought to justice those responsible for the union assemblies that left more than 900 people delayed on planes.
“At this moment while we are here there are people hostage with panic attacks and decomposition, families who were locked up for hours because of the union terrorist frenzy“, the spokesperson had communicated and concluded: “He who makes them pays for them.”
In the complaint, from the wallet he carries Patricia Bullrich they pointed out: “We are facing an ‘air picket’ “which prevented thousands of people from getting off the aircraft, including pregnant women and children, who had to endure more than two hours in cabins without adequate ventilation, a situation that led to health complications for some passengers.”
After the force measurement, several people had to be assisted by the public emergency service of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Besidesthe federal security forces intervened to allow passengers to disembark.
Now, the Ministry of Security will expand the complaint with additional information provided by the PSA and testimonies from the affected passengers.
Source: Ambito
