2023-08-13 21:07:00
The next few days could prove to be complicated for anyone wishing to go to or return from the West Indies. The call for a strike by Air Caraïbes employees has been extended until Sunday August 20, according to concordant sources.
The majority union SNPNC-FO affirmed in a statement not having “to date received any satisfactory response to (his) demands concerning working conditions and remuneration”. It therefore extends until August 20 the call to stop work started on Friday August 11.
The management of the company confirmed the continuation of the strike, without specifying whether flights would be affected.
The SNPNC-FO had not accepted the management’s proposals at the end of the mandatory annual negotiations (NAO), unlike the other union, the CGT Martinique. “It is true that the dialogue has since remained open, but we regret that it is sterile and that no concrete proposal to our priority demands has been brought to us”, indicates the SNPNC-FO.
“Disparities in treatment”
The organization, which is one of the two representative organizations of cabin crew (PNC), describes “great disparities in treatment between populations within the company” and denounces the management’s refusal to consult the all employees by referendum to decide.
Air Caraïbes operates a fleet of six long-haul A350s and three A330s and flies from Paris to Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyana, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, The Bahamas (San Salvador) and Mexico. The Caribbean regional lines served by three ATR-72s from the company are not affected by the strike action.
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