Airport strike 'avoidance' talks get set
Monday, September 25, 2017 @ 7:40 PM
TALKS are due to get under way today between airport authorities and unions in a bid to avoid strike action planned for October, November and December.
Employee representatives say progress made to date with AENA and Enaire has given them 'cause to feel optimistic' that it may not need to go ahead with the pickets which would disrupt all areas of air travel services this autumn, from security and baggage-handling through to cafés and restaurants.
They are expecting to get results this week on issues such as pay increases and provision of extra staff, the only areas of dispute that the industrial action still hangs on.
Workers at AENA and Enaire complain their income in real terms has gone down by 8% in the last few years, with the rising cost of living and tax burdens on the general population, combined with wage freezes, decreasing spending power.
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