“Despite Ryanair’s continued efforts to negotiate with the Belgian cabin crew union CNE, they have decided to abandon negotiations and proceed with unnecessary and unilateral strike action at Charleroi and Zaventem airports in Belgium this weekend. -end. The CNE claims to want to “teach Ryanair a lesson”, but unfortunately it is Ryanair’s customers who are affected by these unnecessary strikes,” the airline said on its website.
“All affected customers will be notified by email and informed of the options available to them, such as flight change or refund,” added the airline, which also clarified that more than 50% of flights should be operated. .
This three-day strike by Ryanair cabin crew members working at Zaventem and Charleroi airports was announced last Friday by the French-speaking Christian unions CNE and Flemish ACV Puls. An action motivated by negotiations around a new collective agreement on wages and bonuses for cabin crew which have not yet resulted in an agreement. A last attempt at mediation between staff representatives and the management of the Irish low-cost company organized last Friday did not lead to the hoped-for solutions.
The carrier employs around 650 people in Belgium but does not have an HR department there, denounced the CNE last week. “Ryanair recognizes that it is subject to Belgian legislation but refuses to invest in a personnel policy. Salary slips are wrong, salaries are not paid correctly, social documents are not in order, etc. This creates a permanent source of problems for staff in Belgium,” denounced Didier Lebbe, permanent secretary of the Christian union.