Easyjet is doing much better and that has not escaped its employees. The British low-cost airline presented, Tuesday, November 29, quarterly financial results in strong rebound. Its loss after tax was divided by five from one year to the next, to no longer reach only 169 million pounds (about 195 million euros). The company experienced “a record rebound this summer”, and shows an operating profit “highest on record for a single quarter”at 674 million pounds, rejoiced its managing director, Johan Lundgren.
This improvement was not easy, Easyjet having seen its activity disrupted by staff shortages, which also affected other airlines. And now that activity is back, employees are demanding wage increases. The two organizations representing the company’s hostesses and stewards in France, the Union of Civil Aviation Navigators (UNAC) and the National Union of Commercial Flight Crew, sent a ” caution “ At the direction.
They warn “a risk of a strike during the end-of-year holiday periods”. “After two years without salary changes, the management’s proposal does not cover this year’s inflation”, believes the inter-union. However, according to management, the 6.5% increase, proposed during the mandatory annual negotiations, would be up to the price increase observed in France. “It’s only partially true”says Gael Leloup, UNAC union representative.
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According to his calculations, the salary increase would not go beyond “5.1% or 5.2%”, less, therefore, than the level of inflation. The two trade unions also point to unequal treatment with Easyjet cabin crew (PNC) in Switzerland and Germany. “After a strike this summer, our European colleagues received a bonus of 4,500 euros”, in addition to increases in their salaries. In France, the Cabin Crew Members would be on a dry diet.
“It’s been two years without a salary increase, and before the crisis, there was no sharing with employees”, laments the union representative. In France, “there has not been a strike since 2014 because we have always favored dialogue”, recalls Mr. Leloup. This time the movement could be “very very followed” because “the management’s salary proposals were highly anticipated and did not live up to expectations”denounces the inter-union.
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