Canarian Weekly
15-02-2013, 14:40
IBERIA, on the brink of 15 one-day strikes over staff sackings, has begun procedures to offload 3,807 people (19% of its workforce).
And the Spanish airline has also asked unions to drop their protests strikes against the sackings.
Union sources say the departments most affected will be the ground staff (about 2,640), followed by cabin crew (around 760) and pilots (some 320).
The dismissals will go ahead between 14th March and 31st December.
Of the ground staff affected, 360 are employed at Madrid’s Barajas airport, 470 at “other airports”. 40 are in the cargo department, 390 in Iberia’s commercial department and 150 in finance.
The sources said the dismissals will also hit about 550 employees in the maintenance division, and over 70 people in the Human Resources department.
Iberia had initially suggested a reduction of 4,500 jobs, but announced its new plans on Tuesday to their employees, union representatives and the Ministry of Employment and Social Security.
It left Iberia and the unions with a consultation period of 30 days from that day to negotiate following three months of unsuccessful meetings between the sides.
The company has put on the table alternatives to achieve profitability targets without resorting to lay-offs.
Iberia reminded unions that between 2008 and September 2012, the company lost more than 850 million euros, which has forced them to take “drastic” cost-reduction and improvement measures to remain viable.
Despite the announcement, the company believes the “best position is to reach an agreement” and that it will attend all meetings with union representatives.
The company has suggested to union leaders: “Leave the customers out of the in-fighting because things have to be resolved at the negotiating table and not through strikes, which aggravate the company losses.” of the company.”
If the strikes do go ahead,Iberia officials say they will “put all measures in their power to mitigate the effects of strikes in February and March”
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And the Spanish airline has also asked unions to drop their protests strikes against the sackings.
Union sources say the departments most affected will be the ground staff (about 2,640), followed by cabin crew (around 760) and pilots (some 320).
The dismissals will go ahead between 14th March and 31st December.
Of the ground staff affected, 360 are employed at Madrid’s Barajas airport, 470 at “other airports”. 40 are in the cargo department, 390 in Iberia’s commercial department and 150 in finance.
The sources said the dismissals will also hit about 550 employees in the maintenance division, and over 70 people in the Human Resources department.
Iberia had initially suggested a reduction of 4,500 jobs, but announced its new plans on Tuesday to their employees, union representatives and the Ministry of Employment and Social Security.
It left Iberia and the unions with a consultation period of 30 days from that day to negotiate following three months of unsuccessful meetings between the sides.
The company has put on the table alternatives to achieve profitability targets without resorting to lay-offs.
Iberia reminded unions that between 2008 and September 2012, the company lost more than 850 million euros, which has forced them to take “drastic” cost-reduction and improvement measures to remain viable.
Despite the announcement, the company believes the “best position is to reach an agreement” and that it will attend all meetings with union representatives.
The company has suggested to union leaders: “Leave the customers out of the in-fighting because things have to be resolved at the negotiating table and not through strikes, which aggravate the company losses.” of the company.”
If the strikes do go ahead,Iberia officials say they will “put all measures in their power to mitigate the effects of strikes in February and March”
More... (http://www.canarianweekly.com/airline-sackings-threatened-strikes/)