© Reuters. EasyJet emblem is pictured at Cointrin Airport throughout the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, Could 28, 2020. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseLISBON (Reuters) – EasyJet cabin employees in Portugal will go on a three-day strike in early April to demand larger wages to compensate for the hovering value of dwelling, the SNPVAC union of civil aviation flight personnel mentioned on Friday.
Employees on the British low-cost airline, who additionally search higher working circumstances, are planning to stroll out between April 1-3.
“As a result of financial local weather, easyJet (LON:) employees have misplaced buying energy during the last three years,” SNPVAC mentioned in a press release. “The rise in the price of dwelling suffocates employees and jeopardises the well-being and luxury of their households.”
It additionally identified that easyJet’s Portuguese bases and routes are among the many most worthwhile, and that in different nations the place profitability is decrease, staff had had “important will increase”.
The union didn’t specify the scale of the will increase it was searching for. EasyJet didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark.
Portuguese inflation slowed to eight.2% year-on-year in February from the earlier month’s 8.4%, however core inflation accelerated, stoked by costs of unprocessed meals merchandise.
EasyJet has 19 Portugal-based plane and greater than 800 native staff.
