Portway will lay off more than 250 workers – TVI24

The Portway will lay off about 200 workers, blaming Ryanair by the need for restructuring. In a statement, the company “deeply regrets that Ryanair has decided to discontinue our handling services at the airports of Faro, Lisbon and Porto.”

“For this reason, the Portway can not fail to make an adjustment to remain an efficient, competitive and sustainable company, ensuring the security of jobs at vast majority of its 2,165 employees. “

Claiming that the airline’s decision to lower cost causes a reduction of about 33% of the activity, the handling company claims will reduce the” minimum necessary restructuring to be implemented in terms of reduction of jobs. “

the tags are 8% to 10% of workers, ie, more than 250 people and warns,” if possible guarantee conversion part-time for a given set of jobs. ” Collective redundancy cover to the right 257 workers, specified at a press conference the president of Portway.

Jorge Ponce de Leon said that was estimated the need to eliminate 210 jobs. As the company considers a full work schedule as a job, it makes 257 full-time workers and part-time corresponding to 210 jobs. It is that there are many employees with partial contracts.

will be given according to the same official, the possibility for workers to continue working in the company but in part-time and that was also signed an agreement with Ryanair so that these employees have priority in entering the Irish company.

“we decided to still use the bargaining power generated in the commercial relationship resolution process with Ryanair, not to optimize the margins of exploitation, but to ensure workers Portway priority in the admission process to make by this company in Porto and Lisbon, “still reads the same statement.

As for the workers of Faro which are not admitted to Ryanair” will come be integrated into a recruitment grant to supplement the need for hand labor in the largest air traffic times, and of course to fill the vacancies created by the expected activity growth in the coming years. “

It also notes the same statement that those who have not in Ryanair a solution “to receive compensation, social guarantees and the possibility of fixed-term contracts by the Portway allow employees covered yield available for a period of 3 to 4 years similar to what earn in it did not happen this case. ”