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DUBLIN: Members of the Irish Irish Pilots Union Ryanair must decide next week whether their British colleagues should hold a vote to trigger a strike action, according to a memo distributed to members.
The Ryanair pilots in Britain, the biggest market of the Irish airline, announced last week a poll that could lead to a strike action at the end of August, citing disagreements over the pay conditions and wages.
Ryanair pilots who are members of the Irish Air Pilots Association (IALPA) will meet in Dublin on Tuesday to decide to hold a vote for "industrial action up to the strike", with the starting vote at the most late Thursday, July 25th. said the memo.
He did not specify when a possible strike would take place.
Ryanair, the largest low-cost carrier in Europe, has suffered a string of damaging strikes last year after being bent under pressure, by the end of 2017, for it to recognize the unions for the first time.
Management said that significant progress has been made since then, with the conclusion of collective labor agreements with a number of pilot unions throughout Europe.
But IALPA stated in the memo that the management had failed to agree on the compensation terms for the directly employed pilots. Last week, the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) said that issues relating to pensions, maternity benefits and a fair and transparent compensation structure.
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Ryanair suffered a series of damaging strikes last year.
Ryanair, who claims to offer better conditions than its low-cost competitors to Boeing's pilots, declined to comment on the union's action.
Ryanair said Tuesday it was forced to halve its growth plans for 2020 due to delays in the delivery of the Boeing 737 MAX and that it was expected to open negotiations with airports and unions to reduce or reduce certain operations from November 2019.
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