Almost 100% of EasyJet s
cabin staff in Portugal walked out for five days on
Friday and the union threatens with more strikes in the coming
months if the company keeps rejecting the raises they.
Chaos in the Portuguese airports was avoided on Friday, as EasyJet cancelled 346 flights from and to the country ahead of the strike out of the 508 it would normally have operated during the period
Ricardo Penarroias, head of cabin crew union SNPVAC, said workers welcomed his appointment at TAP but he must act quickly ahead a busy summer. "There is a problem, though: dissatisfaction among workers is so great, after the painful measures taken by the previous management that we can't give the new CEO as much time (without strife) as he had at SATA," he said.
Fresh from turning round
Portuguese airline SATA, Luis Rodrigues now has to do it again -
and more - after he was picked by the government to lead
troubled flagship carrier TAP as it readies for. | June 1, 2023