Air France plans to provide about half of its flights (48%), slightly higher than the previous day. Management believes the 57% strike rate drivers that day, down from Monday (65%). Since September 15, more than half of the company aircraft have been grounded. This is the longest strike since 1998.
RISKS “SOCIAL DUMPING”
A crisis had yet seemed to draw on Monday. Alas, the announcement made to the unions by the CEO of Air France-KLM group Alexander Juniac temporarily suspend the program expansion in Europe Transavia has not calmed the drivers. Faced with this “Ultimate Proposal” , they clamped down and called for the outright abolition of the project.
For the AF SNPL Alpa, a majority, the proposal does not guarantee against the risk of “social dumping” within the group. In the evening, Mr. Juniac has once again highlighted the issue of the project for the group and reminded that “no company is immortal” . Invited by television France 2, he felt it was “too early” to talk about a withdrawal.
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OTHER SUPPORT STAFF CATEGORIES
development on a continental scale low cost AF-KLM concerned unions, which are demanding a single contract for all pilots of the group, regardless of the brand (Air France, Transavia or Hop!), to secure the employment in France.
The AF SNPL Alpa Monday got support from unions representing various categories of staff, united “refuse passages into permanent power at the expense of social dialogue within Air France “. CGT strong presence among the employees on the floor, joined the revolt, alongside the UNAC, Unsa and SNPNC-FO and SUD-air. However, the CFDT lamented “intransigence” Drivers and underlined “exorbitant cost” of the conflict for the company.
DRIVERS TAKE TO THE STREETS
For the first time since the beginning of this movement, the drivers are invited to gather in uniform 14 hours by the National Assembly in Paris. The strike notice of SNPL runs until Friday 26 while the SPAF second union of the profession in AF, called for mobilization until Wednesday.
Management, who hoped to launch a new round Thursday at the upcoming Central Works Council (CEC), has received support for its part of the state, which owns nearly 16%, through the Prime Minister Manuel Valls, who called for the end of the conflict.
The strike “generates operating losses of up to 20 million euros a day” , according to AF KLM. The National Union of travel agencies also assessed at nearly five million additional costs incurred by the suspension of more than half of Air France traffic during the first week of the strike. And “in due course, the SNAV ask Air France to compensate for this loss,” , has he warned.
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