SASinDenmarkhasgiventhecrewdeadlineto12o’clockMondaytosaywhethertheyarriveatwork.Meetingsthey’renot,theygetfired,saidSASoperationsmanagerFlemmingJensenDanishTV2eSundaynight.
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Striking SAS employees get past deadline, threatened with fired – Aftenbladet.no
OntheirwebsiteswritingSASthatthelabordispute,whichbeganFriday,hasreceivednegativesocialandeconomicconsequences.Nowtheysaythatthey”needtotakefurtherstepstonormalizeoperations,bothforourclientsandassociatessake.”
-Concretelythismeansthateachcabinstaff,withinthegivendeadlineshallnotifySASiftheyshowupatjob,andifitdoesnot,itwillbeconsideredifthecurrentemployeeshaveconcludedemployment,typeSAS.
costsavings,
ThereasonforthelabordisputeisthatSAS’sDanishcabincrewFridaywentonstrike.SASwillmoveover140cabincrewoverthesubsidiaryCimberasanausterity,whichwillprobablymeanpoorerworkingconditions.Thiscouldnotcabincrewgoon.
TheconflictescalatedSaturdaywhenthecrewagainnotmetatwork-despitethefactthattheyhadreachedanagreementwithSAS.ChairmanoftheunionCAU,JeanPierreSchomburgtoldthathismembersrefusedtoworkuntiltheyreceivedtheminutesofSaturday’smeeting.
StrikingSASemployeesignoredDanishdeadline
SASDanishcommunicationsmanagerTrineKromann-MikkelsencameSundaymorninguptheairlineresponsehadreceivedaSupremeCourtjudgetolookintothematter.
-Nowittakennecessarystepstoresolvethesituation,shesaid.
Ignoreddecree
LabourCourtinDenmarkruledthatthecrewhadtoresumetheirworkSunday,butSASworkersignoredtheinjunction.CAUconfirmedthatemployeesdonotmeetthedeadline.
NowtheyhavethusgainedonelastrespitefromSAS.
-Thereisnowtalkofatotallyunacceptableandintolerablesituation,andSASthereforehavetoresorttoextraordinarymeasures,writesairlineSundaynight.
Sincethestrikebegan,over150departuresbeencanceled.OnlySundayhasover70departuresnotrelieved.SeveralofthedepartureshaddestinationsNorway.
Seealso:
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