Summary
- Pilots at Emerald Airlines will meet with the airline’s management to debate a dispute over a collective labor agreement, potentially avoiding a planned strike.
- The strike could cause significant disruption to Aer Lingus Regional and the broader Aer Lingus network.
- Fórsa Trade Union is committed to meaningful engagement with the airline and hopes to barter a collective labor agreement on behalf of its pilot members.
Pilots at Emerald Airlines, the airline operating Aer Lingus Regional have proposed to satisfy with the airline’s management over a dispute to form a collective labor agreement. The meeting is hoped to realize a suspension of a planned strike on Friday.
A brand new development
Management of Aer Lingus Regional franchise operator Emerald Airlines is because of meet members of the Irish Airlines Pilots Association (IALPA), following a dispute and planned one-day strike on Friday, August 4th, which is on a bank holiday weekend.
Members of IALPA, which is a branch of the Fórsa Trade Union, voted an amazing majority of 82% two weeks ago in favor of commercial motion.
Photo: Emerald Airlines
The strike, which is prone to provoke major disruption to the Aer Lingus Regional and the Aer Lingus network, is over the airline’s “
Responding to the request to satisfy by Emerald Airlines management, Fórsa national secretary Katie Morgan said the union is committed to meaningful engagement with the airline. Within the response, Ms. Morgan proposed a gathering between the union and Emerald Airlines on Monday morning at 10:00.
Since July twenty fourth, members of IALPA have introduced a strict “rule-to-work” which implies pilots are refusing to work extra time and comply with some other requests by the airline.
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In an announcement issued by Fórsa on Saturday, the union said:
“Fórsa trade union has written to management at Emerald airlines proposing a gathering early next week, with a view to resolving the present dispute involving pilots at the corporate. The union’s correspondence was issued to Emerald this morning (twenty ninth July),
“Responding to correspondence sent by Emerald yesterday (twenty eighth July), Fórsa national secretary Katie Morgan said the union is committed to meaningful engagement with the airline. She added the union stays committed to negotiating a correct collective labor agreement on behalf of the union’s pilot members and welcomed Emerald’s willingness to satisfy on the matter.”
A disruptive strike
Aer Lingus Regional, which operates the Dublin (DUB) to Donegal (CFN) public service obligation (PSO) route and a considerable regional network between Ireland and the UK, is trying its best to avoid all industrial motion. A strike by pilots has the potential to wreak havoc on passengers each in Ireland and the UK.
Emerald Airlines reached a considerable milestone in January of reaching 1,000,000 passengers inside its first 12 months of operation. The airline, which operates on behalf of Aer Lingus, allows passengers in rural destinations similar to Donegal to hook up with Aer Lingus’ extensive network of destinations each in Europe and indeed in North America.
Benefiting from the USA Preclearance facility in Dublin Airport, passengers in the UK have the unique opportunity to attach in Dublin and avoid the lengthy immigration queues in the USA.
Photo: Dublin Airport
Given all of this, a strike is prone to hit Emerald Airlines hard, and the airline has previously called the strike unnecessary. Fórsa explained earlier that it doesn’t understand why Emerald is unwilling to barter terms. It said,
“Other airlines that previously refused to have interaction with unions are actually comfortable to barter with them to realize the understanding and stability of a collective labor agreement. Emerald’s position suggests it’s currently out of touch on how best to sustainably establish terms and conditions for its employees in a highly competitive labor market. The employer’s refusal to have interaction is why this motion is now needed.”
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