Despite government threats, aeronautical unions are intensifying their struggle. The Pilots and Flight Attendants unions voted for a 24-hour strike at Aerolíneas Argentinas starting Friday at 12 noon. They demand salary increases.
“We have a 75% wage arrears and workers below the poverty line“, they explained to Scope sources from the Aeronautical Union. The strike was voted on Wednesday at a joint meeting of the aeronautical unions. At the meeting of aeronautical unions on Wednesday, the head of the Aeronautical Union spoke, among others. Pilots Union, Pablo Birodescribed by the Government as “destabilising”.
Pilots strike: more than 37,000 passengers affected
The strike, which affects almost 40,000 passengers, is carried out by the Association of Airline Pilots (APLA) and the Argentine Association of Flight Attendants (AAA)which is why the services of the flag carrier will be reduced.
In this context, all flights between 12 noon on Friday and 12 noon on Saturday will be cancelled. The claim will not be added to the Association of Aeronautical Personnel (APA)which includes Intercargo workers, so ramp services would be guaranteed.
Sources from Aerolíneas Argentinas explained that among the actions being analyzed to deal with the effects of the strike, is the provision of additional payments after unemploymentin order to be able to evacuate the huge number of passengers who will not be able to travel at the scheduled times. The company, meanwhile, has already begun to inform its customers about the complications with flights.
Aerolíneas Argentinas and the possibility of changing tickets free of charge
In the latest strike by the pilots, carried out last week, Argentine Airlines lifted the penalties for the ticket exchangeso users made reschedulings at no cost to the flights that are within the time slot of the strike.
The state company reacted to the measure of force and announced in a statement a change in its exchange policy. “In light of the untimely union measures announced for tomorrow between 5 and 14 hours in the Aeroparque and Ezeiza terminals, Aerolíneas Argentinas informs its passengers that lifted penalties for changing tickets“the company said.
In this regard, he recommended that people with flights in that time slot “modify their itineraries to avoid peak periods and delays”. And they clarified: “This modification there will be no cost and can be done by selecting flights within a 15-day window, always to the same original destination.”
Source: Ambito
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