There will be strike in TAP? It would appear so. How many riders will join? It is not known. And what interests passengers the war of numbers that has developed because of disagreements within the class on the convening of these protests? Nothing … or very little. But the truth is that in the last hours, the debate on this stoppage it has been boiled down to this, with the union to issue a statement that ensures that 90% of employees are on your side.
“The direction of the Union of Civil Aviation Pilots welcomes the growing number of riders who are adhering to the purposes that motivate the strike decided by the assembly. The understanding and the accession of the pilots to strike amounts to 90%, “reads the note sent to the editors.
The” statistical “as the union itself refers to the announced percentage, is a response to information released on Thursday by the Daily News , which guarantees that “a group of about 30% of the company’s pilots no basis in protest.” Another “statistic” the newspaper said to have been transmitted by “close to process source.”
As the PUBLIC reported on Sunday, there are indeed differences within the class on the purposes of this strike, especially its duration and negative consequences for TAP. Advanced news that day already realized the intention, mentioned on Thursday by the Daily News , to create an alternative union to SPAC.
But no one will say, this height, how many riders are really determined to join the strike, though the historic show that the class is mobilized in such occasions. But the fact is that the meetings that the president of TAP has been doing this week with workers to discuss the reasons for the strike and show that impacts will have been fulfilled.
It can be said that this count shotguns deepened part of a strategy, the part of the so implausible or protests, moreover, giving them more strength. Also on Thursday, an element of TAP communication published direction on Facebook “circulars” in which a company employee wrote to SPAC asking to cancel the strike.
The union generally very discreet communication but lately has multiplied in interviews, was quick to react. In a statement published on Thursday, accusing the TAP and the Government of seeking “desperately manufacture and foster imaginary divisions within the pilots in order to dissuade the defense of their legitimate strategic interests.”
” As in the past, these maneuvers will not succeed. Whenever there is conflict this issue is artificially made by TAP and the government, in desperation, to try to paralyze the pilots and manipulate the unwary against their own interests, “they said.
Just eight days of strike, this war of percentages may, however, indicate that the path of consensus is hard to go, as indeed expected. And that what really matters to passengers, these are unlikely to be able to do the trips we had planned.
The requirements of the SPAC, calling for the return of seniority (seniority benefits) suspended since 2011 and a slice between 10% and 20% stake in the company, are unlikely to be met by the Government, which has repeatedly appealed to the good sense of the pilots to suspend the strike.
Some of the situations of around 350 thousand customers that TAP estimated transport in the days of the strike, between 1 and 10 May, might be solvable with minimal services, the arbitral tribunal of the Economic and Social Council begins to discuss on Monday. But will always be a small number of flights that will be safeguarded.
So far, the airline has been to accept the transfer of travel or delivery vouchers with the validity of a year, but still not clear whether and when will the repayment of flights.
On Monday, the remaining eight unions that signed the agreement with the Government that the pilots say they are not being met will meet treated to take a position on the strike called by the SPAC.
However, Economy Minister announced that the Government will not enact civil requisition of striking pilots of TAP.
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