Aer Lingus, unions discussing 5 year pay freeze following Covid losses
Robert Besser
05 Jun 2021, 18 GMT+10
Aer Lingus is seeking to freeze workers pay for five years while, at the same time, proposing sharp reductions in pay for new cabin and crew staff
The trade unions Siptu and Frsa heard from Aer Lingus management that it wants to freeze pay until 2026, reduce sick pay and reduced pay for new cabin and ground-crew staff
Among items being negotiated is an hourly wage of €12.30 per hour for new ground-crew staff
DUBLIN, Ireland: Aer Lingus is seeking to freeze workers pay for five years while, at the same time, proposing sharp reductions in pay for new cabin and crew staff.
Aer Lingus, suffering from Covid shutdown, seeks workers pay freeze
05 Jun 2021, 18 GMT+10
DUBLIN, Ireland: Aer Lingus is seeking to freeze workers pay for five years while, at the same time, proposing sharp reductions in pay for new cabin and crew staff.
As the airline confronts the impact Covid has had on air travel, unions and management began talks last week on future cuts at Aer Lingus.
The trade unions Siptu and Frsa heard from Aer Lingus management that it wants to freeze pay until 2026, reduce sick pay and reduced pay for new cabin and ground-crew staff.
Among items being negotiated is an hourly wage of €12.30 per hour for new ground-crew staff, according to Industrial Relations News.
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RTÃ reported that, in a bulletin to staff on Monday, Director General Dee Forbes said that RTÃ respected that the proposals had been clearly rejected by members of the Trade Union Group.
Under the salary cut proposals, RTà staff earning over â¬40,000 per annum would have had to take salary cuts ranging from 3.5% to 5.35% of their gross pay depending on their current earnings.
Staff earning under â¬40,000 per annum were exempt from the cuts under the proposals.
Paid sick leave at RTÃ would have also been halved to bring it into line with public service and certified sick leave would drop from five days per year to seven days over two years.
THE STANDARD By
Wainaina Wambu |
February 10th 2021 at 09:00:00 GMT +0300
Kenya Airways (KQ) pilots have opposed the latest wave of pay cuts by the national carrier.
Kenya Airline Pilots Association (Kalpa) termed the move to effect pay reductions of as much as 30 per cent an illegality that goes against their Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with the airline.
“These unilateral actions by KQ management are not only a breach of the CBA but also an illegality in as far as the laws of Kenya are concerned. Kalpa will not condone or tolerate such impunity; we are addressing these unlawful actions,” said Kalpa Chief Executive Murithi Nyagah in a memo to members ahead of a virtual meeting yesterday.