Copenhagen mayor imposes Ryanair ban on city workers
Copenhagen’s mayor Frank Jensen has banned all city staff from flying Ryanair for official travel.
It means around 45,000 employees are no longer allowed to use the carrier for work trips.
The mayor said the ban was imposed because Ryanair does not pay its staff properly and because it won’t sign a Danish collective bargaining agreement.
"Here in Copenhagen we have fought hard against the scourge of social dumping," he told Danish newspaper Berlingske.
"Therefore we require all of those who deliver services to the municipality, including those who would sell us plane tickets, to offer their employees proper salaries and working conditions.
"Our rules mean that we cannot enter contracts or buy goods from suppliers that do not pay proper salaries."
A Ryanair spokesman said: "We are surprised at Mayor Jensen’s comments which don’t take account of the fact that Ryanair’s pilots and cabin crew enjoy high pay, job security and already have a collective agreement with Ryanair.
"We are also surprised at his boycott call when all Ryanair flights in Copenhagen are being handled by workers who are represented by Danish unions. Ryanair is growing tourism, traffic and jobs in Denmark at a time when SAS is cutting flights, closing routes, cutting pensions, cutting pay and cutting
jobs. Which model does Mayor Jensen prefer to support? SAS¹s jobs cuts, pension cuts and pay cuts or Ryanair¹s growth?"
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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