Monday, 30 July 2018
Ryanair Ballot completed – Pilots in favor for industrial action
Invitation to press briefing Wednesday, 8. August 2018
Today, the ballot among Ryanair pilots regarding collective labor agreements remuneration (VTV) and terms and conditions (MTV) ended. An overwhelming majority of 96 % for the MTV and 96 % for the VTV voted in favor for industrial action.
Any industrial action will be announced at least 24 hours ahead of time to give the travelling public time to make other arrangements.
“To avoid industrial action, we are offering Ryanair a final deadline to submit a workable proposal by August 6, 2018. Unfortunately, so far Ryanair has not made any proposal with which we could work. Last Friday, another round of exploratory talks yielded no progress either” said Ingolf Schumacher, Chairman Industrial Relations at Vereinigung Cockpit (VC). “Since the start of our negotiations in January, Ryanair has been playing for time and even if Ryanair is not taking this ballot seriously, industrial action like in other European countries, seems unavoidable in Germany as well. We implore upon Ryanair to reverse its present way of behaving like a wrong-way driver towards pilot and cabin crew unions throughout Europe” Schumacher continued.
For several years, Vereinigung Cockpit has demanded the conclusion of collective labor agreements for Ryanair crewmembers. Since the beginning of negotiations between Ryanair and VC in January 2018, no significant progress could be made. Last week, the company threatened to transfer of dismiss employees in Ireland and Germany. VC is demanding working conditions similar to those found at comparable airlines such as TUIfly.
INVITATION TO PRESS BRIEFING – INDUSTRIAL SITUATION AT RYANAIR
Vereinigung Cockpit is inviting you to a press briefing regarding its further actions at Ryanair:
Vereinigung Cockpit e.V., Room Airbus/Boeing, 6. OG, Main Airport Center (MAC), Unterschweinstiege 10, Frankfurt-Airport
Wednesday, 8. August 2018
Start 11:00 Uhr
Available will be:
- Martin Locher, President of Vereinigung Cockpit e.V.,
- Markus Wahl, Vice President of Vereinigung Cockpit e.V.,
- Janis Schmitt, VC Spokesperson and board member public affairs
- Ingolf Schumacher, Chairman Industrial Relations at VC
After the press briefing, there will be opportunities for interviews.
We are looking forward to seeing you!
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Contact:
Janis Schmitt, Board Member and Spokesperson, Tel. 0176 / 16 959 001,
VC press office, Tel. 069 / 69 59 76 102
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VC is the German Airline Pilots‘ Association. The fundamental objectives of the VC are contributing to the welfare and safety of civil aviation as well as ensuring and pursuing the interests of its 9,600 members regarding technical affairs and industrial affairs.
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V. i. S. d. P.: Vereinigung Cockpit, Unterschweinstiege 10, 60549 Frankfurt, phone.: 069 / 69 59 76 - 0, fax: 069 / 69 59 76 - 150; presse@vcockpit.de, www.VCockpit.de
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