IAG's Iberia Express cabin crew begin strike in Spain, demand pay rise

Record ID: 1686507

  • Title: IAG's Iberia Express cabin crew begin strike in Spain, demand pay rise
  • Date: 28th August 2022
  • Summary: MADRID, SPAIN (AUGUST 28, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CABIN CREW WORKING FOR IAG’S LOW COST AIRLINE IBERIA EXPRESS PROTESTING OUTSIDE AIRPORT WEARING CLOWN AND ANONYMOUS MASKS HOLDING SIGN READING (Spanish) “Our salaries are a joke” PROTESTER HOLDING SIGN READING (Spanish) “Misery express” PROTESTER HOLDING SIGN READING (Spanish) “Less express and more money” PROTESTERS OUTSIDE AIRPORT PROTESTER WEARING CLOWN MASK PROTESTERS OUTSIDE AIRPORT PROTESTER USING MEGAPHONE CHANTING (Spanish) “Less express and more money” VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CHANTING HOLDING SIGN WITH WAGES (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) IBERIA EXPRESS CABIN CREW WORKER AND UNION DELEGATE, ADRIANA ESCAURIAZA, SAYING: “We want a decent salary revision, our salaries have been frozen since 2015, we ask for a salary revision of the CPI of 6.5% compared to last year, 2021. Here we are only a small part because people are still flying due to a very high minimum services, so we are here, we are only a small voice of a large collective.” SIGN READING (Spanish) “Misery express” (SOUNDBITE) (English) IBERIA EXPRESS CABIN CREW WORKER AND UNION DELEGATE, ADRIANA ESCAURIAZA, SAYING: “We expect sitting with us to negotiate and to hear us about the updates of the salaries. With this (we hope) to start a new negotiation with salaries of today.” VARIOUS OF PASSENGERS INSIDE AIRPORT NEXT TO IBERIA COUNTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) IBERIA EXPRESS CABIN CREW WORKER AND UNION DELEGATE, ADRIANA ESCAURIAZA, SAYING: “We have been eight months trying to negotiate with them, it is the moment. It’s true it is a really big, a real impact for customers, but we think it is the moment for the company to hear us.” VARIOUS OF IBERIA EXPRESS PLANE ON TARMAC
  • Embargoed: 11th September 2022 12:52
  • Keywords: IAG Iberia express Spain airport planes strike
  • Location: MADRID, SPAIN
  • City: MADRID, SPAIN
  • Country: Spain
  • Topics: Europe,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001110828082022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Cabin crew working for IAG's low-cost airline Iberia Express went on strike on Sunday (August 28), the first of a ten-day strike calling for better working conditions.
    Spanish Union USO said at Madrid’s airport that crew members’ wages have been frozen since 2015.
    “We want a decent salary revision,” said cabin crew worker and union delegate Adriana Escauriaza.
    The company said they cancelled eight flights not protected by the Minimum Service Regulations, and offered alternatives in advance to the more of 1,000 affected passengers.
    The affected flights were four return flights from Madrid to Gran Canaria, Palma de Mallorca, Santiago de Compostela and Seville.
    Iberia Express added they will run 92.5% of their flights on Sunday, and asked unions to stop the strike and enter into talks with the company.
    Unions said they have been negotiating for eight months.
    Workers will go on strike until Sep. 6 in yet another labour dispute arising from the industry's turbulent post-COVID recovery.
    Surging inflation across Europe has led to millions of workers struggling with a higher cost of living, in turn prompting trade unions to demand higher wage increases often backed by strike calls.
    (Production: Marco Trujillo, Elena Rodriguez)
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