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Tens of thousands of Ryanair passengers across Europe are suffering from disruptions as strikes cancel 250 flights.
Unions say it is the biggest day of action against a series of complaints about the working conditions of Ryanair workers in a large number of countries.
Ryanair says 35,000 passengers have been affected.
But he added that 90% of the flights would work normally. Twenty flights to and from Ryanair's largest European center, Stansted, have been canceled.
Independent independence editor Simon Calder said it was mainly to and from Germany.
He also said that eight services Manchester – to and from Barcelona, Berlin, Faro and Malaga – had been interrupted, as well as flights from Birmingham to Lanzarote and East Midlands to Malaga.
"Unjustified" action
Ryanair said the action was taking place in six of its 37 markets and that most of its 400,000 passengers would not be affected.
He called the action "unfortunate and unjustified" and apologized to the customers.
Pilots and cabin crew had planned to act in several countries earlier this week.
On Thursday, this was stimulated by the German pilots, who said they would join those in the Netherlands and Belgium taking action.
Cabin crews in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain have also stopped working.
standards
Unions want staff to receive contracts in the countries where they live, rather than in Irish law.
They claim that employing staff under Irish law bothers workers and affects their ability to access social security benefits.
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Ryanair Managing Director Michael O Leary called strikes useless
Chief Executive Officer Michael O 'Leary said the company had written to the unions proposing to transfer all staff to local contracts, making the strike "unnecessary".
However, the Dutch Pilots' Union stated that it had only verbally offered its members local contracts and had refused to submit the offer in writing.
Joost Van Doesburg of the VNV union said that his members also wanted pensions to be in line with Dutch standards and that stronger guarantees were provided for sickness benefits.
The German Union of Pilots said that he could not rule out new strikes.
Analysis:
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Meet Michael O 'Leary and, beyond the bullish facade, this multi-faceted conflict is more complex and potentially damaging than it is willing to let it go.
The origins of the current line go back to the autumn of last year, when Ryanair's flights with 400,000 Ryanair passengers were canceled.
The airline did not have enough pilots to meet its schedule. It was in the words of Mr. O. Leary "a mess of our own making".
The subsequent decision to start recognizing pilot unions and cabin crew members in Europe was a form of multinational worm.
Agreements have been concluded with some unions in some countries.
But on the whole, there is a lot to be solved and inflammatory language, on both sides, is the flavor of the day.
Social rights
Ryanair has signed this week agreements with the unions of cabin crew members in Italy to provide employment contracts under Italian law and has accepted arbitration with the union representing its German pilots.
The European Commission has stated that Ryanair employees should have contracts in the countries where they live rather than in Ireland, where their planes are registered.
- Watchdog calls Ryanair to compensate its customers
- One out of six flights was canceled at the exit of the pilots
Marianne Thyssen, European Commissioner for Social Affairs, told Mr O. Leary at a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday that the EU rules on the employment of crews were based on the workers' place of departure and their return in the evening.
"Respect for EU law is not something that workers should have to negotiate, nor can it be done differently from one country to the other. "said Ms. Thyssen.
"The internal market is not a jungle – it has clear rules on the fair mobility of workers and the protection of workers.This is not an academic debate, but social rights concrete workers. "
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Stranded Ryanair passengers queue for hotel bills and new tickets
Passengers whose flights were canceled were contacted by e-mail and SMS on Tuesday to inform them of their options.
"We sincerely apologize to the customers affected by these useless strikes on Friday, which we did our best to avoid," said Ryanair.
rethinking
He rejected calls from the British Civil Aviation Authority to compensate passengers whose flights were canceled, claiming that they were caused by "crews of competing airlines, unions and lobby groups" and constituted therefore "extraordinary circumstances".
However, Coby Benson, a lawyer specializing in compensation for flight delays at Bott and Co, said that Ryanair's arguments did not conform to the precedent set in April by a case in Germany.
Last month, Ryanair pilots in Europe staged a coordinated 24-hour strike to meet their demands for better wages and conditions, plunging tens of thousands of passengers into the chaos of transport at the height of the holidays. summer.
In July, cockpit and cabin crew strikes disrupted 600 flights in Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain, affecting 100,000 passengers.
Another clue to the company's contract review came Thursday when two new bases were announced in France. They will be the first in the country since the closure of Marseille in early 2011 after being sued for employing French workers under Irish contract.
It will also open another base in Bordeaux in the summer of 2019 and will examine four others.
Two aircraft will be based in Marseille and Bordeaux, offering a total of 64 lines and handling 3.5 million passengers a year.
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