Portugal’s National Union of Civil Aviation Flight Personnel (SNPVAC) has called a three-day strike by cabin crew at easyJet between August 15-17, accusing the company of ignoring several attempts to resolve labour issues. According to the strike notice sent by the union to the Ministry of Labour and to easyJet, the strike will start at one minute past midnight on August 15 and end at midnight on August 17, for ‘all flights operated by easyJet, as well as for other services to which cabin crew are assigned’ in Portugal. The strike was approved at a general meeting, with 99% of votes in favour. In the document, the SNPVAC points to ‘dissatisfaction felt by cabin crew due to the continuous and increasingly accentuated disrespect for their professional dignity’ and the ‘numerous attempts made by easyJet cabin crew to resolve labour and pecuniary issues’, which they say have been ‘ignored by the company’. The union believes minimum services should not be decreed for this strike, arguing that the concept of ‘unforeseeable needs in the air transport sector’ is only confined to the Autonomous Regions of the Azores and Madeira (for reasons of national cohesion and isolation of the populations for whom this means of transport is essential) which are destinations provided by other airlines.
Easyjet cabin crew to wage three-day strike from August 15
