The TAP cabin crew will start at 00h on Sunday the first two-day strike to demand compliance with the company agreement in force since 2006.
On 15 October, the National Civil Aviation Flight Personnel Union (SNPVAC) delivered a notice of strike four days, divided into two periods: the first was the October 30 and November 1 and the second will 30 November to 2 December.
“We maintain the second period of strike and, in terms of membership in this second period of strike, we think will walk within the same numbers occurred during the first period in the order of 98%, “said board member of the Union, Nuno Fonseca, Lusa.
While acknowledging that this strike will hurt the air carrier’s passengers, Nuno Fonseca said that” the impact will be lower once that, as happened during the first strike period, TAP did a great job in changing flights and the use of other airlines. “
On Wednesday, the union reiterated its intention to keep a strike by cabin crew TAP, scheduled for Sunday and Tuesday, considering that talks with the company were unsuccessful.
On Thursday, an official source of airline told Lusa that the TAP contacted the “very large majority of passengers” with flights scheduled for Sunday and Tuesday to reprogram your travels and is considering the two-day strike with “absolute tranquility.”
However, the same source pointed out that at issue daily losses of about five million, and affect the “reputation and image of TAP”.
However, workers SPdH (Groudforce), PORTWAY and temporary employment agencies in ‘handling’ (assistance at airports), assigned to the Union of Workers of the Aviation and Airports (SITAVA), will hold a 24-hour strike on Monday, 1 December.
The workers claim the negotiation and the creation of a collective agreement for the sector ‘handling’, covering all workers regardless of the operator.
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