The Ryanair cabin crew strike canceled 319 flights to or from Spain in the months of June and July and caused delays in 3,700 connections, the unions that called the protest reported Thursday.
Today was the last day of strikes called at the airline for June and July in Spain, but the unions announced this week that the strikes extend for another five monthsbetween August 8 and January 7, 2023, in the absence of a response from the company.
The new strike period will repeat the pattern of the June and July strikes, taking place from Monday to Thursday, every week.
The unions reiterated that in June and July Ryanair fired 11 cabin crew “for exercising their right to strike”, something that the company denies.
The workers’ representatives also condemned the Spanish Ministry of Labor which, in the words of a USO union leader, Ernesto Iglesias, “has shown no signs of life” in these weeks and has not wanted to assume the role of mediator in the conflict.
The same trade unionist, in statements sent to the media, assured that Ryanair used base workers outside of Spain to “break the strike”in contempt of Spanish law, which was reported to the labor inspectorate and should lead to a sanction for the airline.
The strikes aim to “force Ryanair to comply with Spanish legislation”say the unions, according to which labor rights associated with salary updates, vacations, days off and rest periods are at stake.
According to the unions, in Ryanair there are salaries that do not reach the Spanish minimum wage and they emphasize that this was confirmed by the inspections of the labor authorities in the bases of the Irish airline in Spain.
Source: Observadora
