Easyjet cabin crew in Portugal have announced a three-day strike that could disrupt the holidays of thousands of people planning to holiday in the country in mid-August.
According to trade union representatives, the protest scheduled for August 15, 16 and 17 could lead to serious traffic chaos in passenger aviation throughout the country. Portugal. According to the Portuguese Passenger Airline Staff Union (SNPVAC), “Easyjet has already cancelled 164 of 308 flights” to or from Portugal scheduled between August 15 and 17. The strike will apply to all Easyjet flights scheduled to depart from or to Portugal during the three days of protest.
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Employee representatives added that one of the reasons for the announced strike is the carrier's management's disregard for the long-standing demands of cabin crew employees.
Among the main demands threatening the strike by Portuguese employees of Easyjet are the improvement of working conditions, as well as the increase in the number of cabin crew. They also claim that they receive evasive answers from the carrier's management. “It is difficult to admit one's own guilt, but the company's explanation of the problem only with external factors is no answer,” the SNPVAC management said, adding that pilots of the Portuguese branch of Easyjet intend to join the August cabin crew strike.
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