24th Oct 2018 14:55
LONDON (Alliance News) - Ryanair Holdings PLC on Wednesday said it has signed a recognition agreement with a Spanish pilot union SEPLA, covering all of its directly employed pilots in Spain.
The budget airline said negotiations on a full collective labour agreement will begin in early November and will apply to all Ryanair's pilots in Spain by the end of January.
The move aligns with Ryanair's agreements with the SPAC union in Portugal and the BALPA union in the UK, as well as ANPAC in Italy.
Ryanair Chief People Officer Eddie Wilson said the move demonstrates the airline's progress toward concluding union agreements in its major EU markets.
"We expect that these agreements will encourage the cabin crew unions in both Spain and Portugal in particular to remove competitor airline employees (who have been blocking progress) and to quickly conclude cabin crew agreements in those countries, as that's what our Portuguese and Spanish cabin crew are now demanding," said Wilson.
Shares in Ryanair were up 2.4% at EUR12.62 on Wednesday afternoon.
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