Strike on Portuguese airline TAP
2022.12.08 09:39
Strike on Portuguese airline TAP
Budrigannews.com – TAP, the flag carrier of Portugal, is offering fewer flights as a result of a two-day strike by its cabin crew, which is seeking better pay and working conditions.
TAP had already had to cancel 360 flights as a result of the strike, which was called for December 8-9 by the national SNPVAC union, which represents cabin crew workers. The airline claimed that it was only providing the “minimum services” that a court had ordered.
Ricardo Penarroias, president of SNPVAC, told Lusa news agency that the majority of TAP cabin crew members had decided to walk out, but they were still willing to negotiate with the airline to prevent additional strikes until the end of January.
According to the Dinheiro Vivo news site, Penarroias mentioned the possibility of strikes during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. This would have a significant financial impact on TAP, which has already lost 8 million euros in revenue as a result of the ongoing protests.
A 3.2 billion euro rescue plan approved by Brussels saved the failing airline, which was 72.5 percent controlled by the Portuguese government. It has diminished its armada, cut in excess of 2,900 positions and brought compensation in an endeavor down to get back to benefit in the following couple of years.
SNPVAC, on the other hand, has demanded that the business respect maternity leave and rest periods and unfreeze pay progression. It called the labor agreement that TAP had proposed “absolutely unacceptable.”
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Millions of workers in Europe have struggled with rising living costs as a result of rising inflation. As a result, unions have demanded pay increases, frequently through strikes and protests.
In Portugal, consumer price inflation has slowed down, but it is still close to three-decade highs.
TAP apologized to its customers and stated that it was still willing to negotiate with SNPVAC and that it had already fulfilled nine of the union’s fourteen demands.
According to TAP CEO Christine Ourmières-Widener, “We will manage the situation, but we want to sit down at the table (with the union) and see how we can progress in a more constructive way.”
