Friday, July 1, 2016

The management of Air France tries to defuse the strike of flight attendants – The Express

This offer comes ten days after a proposal accepted by pilots, freeze some pay rises in exchange for a commitment not to strike by 1 November.

The management hopes with the draft agreement on the table lead to a lifting of the notice filed by the three unions of cabin crew (PNC), SNPNC-FO, UNSA-PNC and Unac of 27 July to 2 August in the middle of summer.

The strike notice has pushed the agenda of the negotiations to speed up “, told journalists the director of human resources of the company, Gilles Gateau. The latter did not hide his wish that the draft agreement allows “ as soon as the notices are removed .”

For a draft agreement to be valid, the signature of at least two of the three unions is needed and it should not meet opposition majority.

This project is open for signature until July 13 trade unions. Organizations should consult their bodies early next week, according to the company.

For the SNPNC-FO (21%), “ in the state, this agreement is not acceptable .” “ We are in complete disagreement over the term of the agreement ” 17 months, told AFP Christophe Pillet, deputy secretary general of the union believed that only a longer term would be “ visibility pledge . ”

The cabin crew (PNC) Air France since mid-April renegotiating their enterprise agreement. This particular collective agreement laying down rules of work, remuneration and career advancement of PNC matures late October.

– An agreement of “ stable ” –

According to management, there is a “ stability agreement “.

We proposed a renewal of the existing agreement with some minor modifications ,” said Mr. Gateau.

Côté efforts required to airmen, some crews will be reduced from four to three but the measure will affect that “ 3% ” of the medium-haul activity, has said Mr. Gateau.

This measure will involve 40 aircraft, according to Mr. Pillet.

Meanwhile, some elements of improvement “ affecting everyday life ” PNC 13.600 are made including “ stable schedules ” according to M . Cake.

In addition, the management is committed to not to launch voluntary redundancy scheme during the period of the agreement, until March 2018.

While denouncing unions a project to reduce hourly earnings, management has assured that there is “ not measure on remuneration .”

The agreement is expected to last 17 months, against the previous three.

You could not commit to a long term ,” explained Mr. Gateau, highlighting the “ uncertainty ” the economic environment and future projects yet to be defined by Jean-Marc Janaillac.

The unions campaigning for agreement on a period of at least 3 years.

We left a copy which took away a month’s salary per year. We know very well that they will come back in 17 months. We want guarantees ” said Mr Pillet.

Believing that “ the company is better ” and considering the suspension of the measures required to pilots, the union leader calls for “ Significant improvements to text “.

He cites for example the removal of a measure contained in the previous agreement that reduced the time to certain flight rotations and a “ revaluation of salaries ” frozen since late 2011.

Under the restructuring plan “ Transform “, which resulted in the elimination of thousands of jobs between 2012 and 2015, the PNC had respected all the efforts required, already “ huge ” argued the unions during the negotiations.

The Air France-KLM Group has returned to profit in 2015 for the first time in 7 years but management believes that the group’s situation remains fragile.

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