Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Judge bans FNV strike KLM ground staff – NU.nl

In summary proceedings given the court in Haarlem on Wednesday it can not go on strike. Why did the judge have to change your mind. On August 11 is given a final ruling in the matter.

KLM had filed the lawsuit to prevent the actions.

The judge parties on Wednesday tried to get the table, but this was unsuccessful. KLM would call no points according FNV where still room for negotiation in it. And KLM that a proposal must be made at the negotiating table.

The judge was critical of the fact that FNV refused until now to continue talks with KLM. But the union feels that the company has done too little to improve collective labor conditions.

KLM argued that the actions would have consequences for twelve passengers and lead to a loss of 3 to 4 million euros.

on the action would, according to the company also participate only 250 members of FNV, while under the collective agreement more than fourteen thousand employees are covered.

Schiphol Group showed Wednesday even know himself out to contradict the actions because the passengers and airport “disproportionate damage and inconvenience” would suffer.

FNV surprised

the FNV expressed unhappy and surprised at the verdict in Haarlem. “Some lawyers fell from their seats,” said an FNV spokesman. “How can a judge now at the same time for reflection questions and casually ban strikes for eight days? He said it does not know for sure, so you can not just forbid. That’s crooked.”

The union is tonight consider at Schiphol with KLM staff off duty. “We need to think how we can still improve collective labor conditions for these people. The action tonight seemed to be a success.”

KLM gives its turn to a statement on the website “satisfied “to be with the ruling. “We are pleased that our passengers and our employees do not bear the brunt of these FNV action tonight. Although only about 150 to a maximum of 250 of the 14,500 employees of the ground staff would stop work, this would have consequences for thousands of passengers . “

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Trade union FNV announced earlier that ground staff KLM Wednesday a half hours no passenger aircraft would handle at Schiphol. The strike would last from 19:30 to 21:00.

There would no luggage to be loaded or unloaded and airplanes would not be pushed to the runway.

KLM called FNV earlier to again sit down at the table to reach an agreement. The company suspects that “the issues are actually smaller than stated previously.”



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FNV is already a time loggerheads with KLM on the work of the ground staff. The union demands include a wage increase of 1 percent, with a floor of 75 euros a month.

the union does not want a deterioration of the vacation and seniority days. Temporary workers who has been structurally KLM would get to work moreover, should be permanent.

KLM suggested Tuesday it “incomprehensible and irresponsible” to find that FNV business continues to put on edge and not opt ​​for dialogue as the other four unions do.

“KLM am not inferior actions. Our customers, our employees and our company are there to suffer. We choose indeed for dialogue “, announced the company in a comment

By: NU.nl

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