Another hot day ahead for the transport sector. After the inconvenience caused by the train strike on 13 July, Saturday July 15 it will be the turn of the airport ground staff that you will stop for eight hours, from 10 to 18. Also on strike are i Malta Air pilots, which operates the flights of Ryanair, the pilots and flight attendants of Vueling.
Today, meanwhile, they stop for 8 hours, from 12 to 20, i Canadair pilots subscribers to Ugl Air transport proclaimed "following the negative closure of the two cooling phases with the Avincis company, without the same proposing acceptable solutions".
Strike for lack of renewal of the employment contract
I sindacati Filt Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uiltrasporti and Ugl Ta have announced an eight-hour strike by baggage handling and check-in personnel. The mobilization is due to failure to renew the national contract which has now expired for six years.
The protest was confirmed by the National Civil Aviation Authority and has already led to the cancellation of many flights.
Salvini ready to intervene
The Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Matteo Salvini, which had already intervened to halve the train strike, stated that the ground staff strike situation at airports will be evaluated in the next few hours. Salvini said that "we are working to resolve the issue" and that "next week a discussion table has been convened" between the company and the workers. "I count on common sense on that too, for the Italians for the many tourists because this will be an extraordinary season and it cannot be ruined by strike after strike", added the minister.
Over a thousand national and international flights at risk
Lo strike of ground staff at airports puts a risk over a thousand domestic and international flightsinvolving more than 140.000 people.
Italy Airways has already communicated the cancellation of 133 departures scheduled for July 15. The canceled flights include connections from Milan Linate and Rome Fiumicino to the main European capitals and routes to Sicily. The company has activated an extraordinary plan to reduce passenger inconvenience, trying to rebook as many travelers as possible affected by the first availability of flights, ensuring that "40% will be able to fly on the same day" as the strike. Ita Airways also explained that those who bought a ticket to travel on July 15th will be able to change their booking without penalty in case of cancellation or change of flight schedule, or request a refund of the ticket by July 22nd if the flight has been cancelled. or has been delayed for more than 5 hours.
Other carriers have not yet published the cancellation lists, but some flights have been brought forward or postponed to fall within the guarantee ranges, while in other cases passengers have been contacted directly.
THEENAC has published a list of guaranteed flights even during the strike.
Stop the pilots of Malta Air
During the day they will cross their arms from 12 am to 16 pm i Malta Air pilots, which operates Ryanair flights. The trade union organizations Filt Cgil, Uiltrasporti and Ugl Trasporto Aereo called the protest "following the signing by some subjects of a totally unsatisfactory agreement for the pilots category and given the total closure to dialogue and confrontation by the company". The unions believe that the agreement is disrespectful of the professionalism and contribution provided by the crew. At the moment, on the company's website there are no flight cancellations, but they are reported delays in departure between 30 minutes and 3 hours.
Vueling pilots and assistants are also on the ground
From the 10 18 i will also strike pilots and flight attendants of the Spanish low-cost airline Vueling, adhering to the Filt CGIL. The union explained the strike "due to the company's lack of willingness to develop healthy and constructive industrial relations with the union organization most representative of the company's workers' needs".
