Jun 5, 2014
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Negotiations between pilots and Icelandair on a collective bargaining agreement were broken off. The International Transport Workers’ Federation stated: ‘The company has had tremendous success over the last four years, resulting in substantial executive bonuses and an excellent return on investment for shareholders’.
Negotiations between pilots and Icelandair on a collective bargaining agreement were broken off. The International Transport Workers’ Federation stated: ‘The company has had tremendous success over the last four years, resulting in substantial executive bonuses and an excellent return on investment for shareholders’. Therefore, the Union of Icelandic Pilots FIA says it is time the workers saw some financial benefit – but Icelandair management is declining to share. Following the collapse of negotiations between the airline and the Union of Icelandic Pilots the parliament passed a legislative bill on banning a strike. According to the bill, the Union of Icelandic Pilots and Icelandair have until June 1 to reach an agreement or the matter will be placed before an industrial disputes tribunal.
English: http://www.itfglobal.org/news-online/index.cfm/newsdetail/10445
For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) cbn-aias@uva.nl or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova mnikolova@etui.org. For previous issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit http://www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net.