RYANAIR staff are planning strike action this summer with cabin crew walkouts scheduled across Europe. Which countries are affected?
Unions representing Ryanair workers in France have threatened to strike on June 25 and 26 with several airports in the country likely to be affected. On Monday, Brussels Airport cancelled all departing flights due to a security staff strike. Staff in Italy have called for a 24 hour strike on June 25 to join with walkouts in Spain and Portugal.
The action could cause significant disruption for many passengers for the remainder of the month and into the beginning of July.
Ryanair's Italian cabin crew has become the latest to announce strikes after unions representing staff in Italy called for a 24-hour strike on June 25. Unions representing Ryanair workers in various European countries said on Friday that they were planning a strike in Belgium from June 24 to June 26. Unions representing Ryanair workers in various European countries said workers are demanding compliance with law and better pay and working conditions.
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However, the union has said it is looking for a 40 per cent pay rise in low-paid cabin staff’s basic wage. Ryanair cabin crews in the five European hotspots are set to go on strike, with Belgium being the latest to announce plans to strike that could affect UK fliers - the earliest date set for this Friday, June 24. On Monday, around 30 flights carrying up to 5,000 passengers at Heathrow Airport were cancelled as a result of baggage-handling problems.
The budget airline's staff in Spain prepare to strike in summer holiday peak, amid claims that cabin crew are being paid as little as €300 per month.
Meanwhile, the Spanish USO union has called nine days of strikes in July for easyJet cabin crew staff, demanding a 40 per cent pay rise. We need to be strong and fight for our rights.” We are just asking for basic rights to be given to us.” Mrs Arasanz claims that thirsty workers are still being forced to pay for water on flights. Some have had to get a temporary transfer to a base somewhere else in Spain. She added: “We are really sad, we do not want this either.
European workers at both airlines will be striking over various dates in June and July.
Unions said they were planning to walkout in Belgium and Portugal from June 24-26, a strike in France from June 25-26, and in Italy on June 25. Cabin staff at Ryanair in five countries are also planning to go on strike this month and in July, with the industrial action set to begin this Friday, June 24. Workers at easyJet and Ryanair unions have announced the days they are scheduled to strike in June and July.
Here are the exact dates Ryanair staff plan to strike during the summer months which could significant disruption for people.
In Belgium industrial action will come as a blow to passengers as Ryanair operates 17 planes from Charleroi and two aircraft from Brussels. Unions representing Ryanair staff in Belgium are the latest to announce walkout plans as the main summer holiday season starts. Holidaymakers face disruption as Ryanair strikes are in the pipeline over the coming weeks.
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They also announced plans for a walk-out in Spain from June 24 to 26 and on July 1 and 2, as well as June 30. An easyJet spokesperson told Mail Online: "We are extremely disappointed with this action as we have made considerable progress towards a new collective labour agreement and so would like to continue a constructive dialogue with them. UK cabin crew have not voted to strike, but the dispute could potentially affect thousands of holidaymakers. It is also possible that services on other days will also be impacted by the strikes. Manchester Airport has been particularly badly affected, with some passengers reporting having to queue out of the terminal building for security. EasyJet has also confirmed it will be cancelling further flights this summer.
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“In Portugal there will be no disruption. “Even if cabin crew are going to go on strike, they have to operate those flights by law. If you are a striker and you are put on a protected flight you have to operate that flight.
RYANAIR flights will be affected across Europe from tomorrow, with strikes set to take place across the weekend in five countries.Staff from the budge.
That coincides with the Portuguese and Spanish strikes that will also go on from tomorrow until Sunday. The Belgian strike was the most recently announced and will take place from tomorrow until June 26. RYANAIR flights will be affected across Europe from tomorrow, with strikes set to take place across the weekend in five countries.
Cabin crew are striking over the Irish company's unfair staffing practices, a lack of respect towards employees, and salary concerns.
Italy faces air travel chaos on Saturday 25 June as flight attendants and pilots from low-cost airlines Ryanair, easyJet and Volotea stage a 24-hour strike.
Italy's civil aviation authority ENAC has published the flights that will operate as scheduled on 25 June and reminds travellers that all flights, including charters, are guaranteed during strikes from 07.00-10.00 and 18.00-21.00. In a statement the unions said workers are demanding contracts in line with the minimum wages set out by the national collective agreement, as well as better working conditions, highlighting demands for food and water for cabin crews who are "often unable to get off the plane even for 14 consecutive hours". Flight attendants and pilots from low-cost airlines Ryanair, easyJet and Volotea will stage a 24-hour strike in Italy on Saturday 25 June, with industrial action also scheduled in Belgium, France, Portugal and Spain.
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Spanish easyJet staff will talk out for nine days in July with flights to Malaga, Palma and Barcelona affected. Ryanair staff will also walkout over the coming month. The Irish airline’s staff in Spain are also expected to walk out for three days from tomorrow, on June 24-26, then on June 30, and July 1-2.
RYANAIR passengers are expected to face severe disruption this week as airline staff across Europe prepare to stage planned walkouts.
Thousands of holidaymakers hoping to head to Europe this week may struggle to make the journey with Ryanair as a result of planned strike action. RYANAIR passengers are expected to face severe disruption this week as airline staff across Europe prepare to stage planned walkouts. While hundreds of Ryanair flights will be impacted by the action this week and on some days in early July, the company is confident that the “widespread disruption” will not continue beyond these dates. The short strike will be the second one this month, following earlier action by the FILT-CGIL and UILTrasporti unions in the form of a four-hour stoppage to seek improved pay and conditions for Ryanair workers. The walkouts will begin on Friday, June 24 but where will be most affected? Staff in Portugal will demonstrate their cause over three days of planned strikes on June 24, 25 and 26.