(Dagbladet): Just before the clock 01 by Saturday night it was announced that there will be a strike in English from Saturday morning.
Already Wednesday did Norwegian Pilots Union (NPU) it is clear that 70 English-employees will be in strike from Saturday morning if the mediation with the airline Norwegian leads.
– We are continuously evaluating further escalation of the strike, said NPU leader Halvor Vatnar.
Now escalation plan ready.
– We take consecutively out the rest of the Scandinavian pilots and 650 pilots will be on strike in a short period of time, say Vatnar.
From Wednesday will strike outlet stepped sharply and thus will close all Scandinavian pilots be on strike.
Fear
While Norwegian leadership would rather talk about their demands for cuts and wage freeze, the pilots most concerned with getting stopped what they see as a brutalisation of industry which they believe English are spearheading.
Holiday Cut from up to seven to five weeks, the transition from defined benefit to defined contribution pension, sharp reduction in insurance payments to pilots who have lost the license, pay freeze in 2015 and a “ flexibilization “the current arrangement with five days at work followed by four days off, according to Norwegian management the main requirements.
The pilots would rather talk about rights and job security. They require a collective agreement with that pilots “real employer”, ie the parent company Norwegian Air Shuttle.
They also require equal agreements for all airlines pilots in Scandinavia.
The reason is that they fear that employees pilots shall squeezed out and replaced with contracted “casual laborers” from staffing companies.
– Impossible
Head of Federation, Hans-Erik Skjæggerud, believes the company’s unwillingness to cooperate undermines the Norwegian model.
– We have great respect for the effective and efficient operation, but it is impossible to accept that the company will dictate and create their own rules, which in practice means that they organize themselves away from basic rules in both Norwegian working life and international aviation says Skjæggerud.
English-Bjørn Kjos apologize to those affected.
We apologize strongly the uncertainty that has been created towards our passengers . Our goal has always been to avoid strikes and get a solution and peace in the company. Now we’ll do what we can to safeguard the affected passengers the best possible way, says CEO Kjos.
Here you can read what requirements you have by the strike.
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