Unions eye Ryanair staff treatment
Unions have accused the Irish carrier Ryanair of intimidating its staff into silence – and are planning to put an end to the practice.
According to a report in The Guardian, the no-frills carrier has recently been criticised for making staff pay for their own uniforms and for discouraging union membership.
As reported, one manager for the airline was recently found to have sent a memo to staff saying that union subscriptions would be better spent on “fast women, slow horses or even greyhound racing”.
But unions are fighting back; the newspaper quotes David Cockroft, of the International Transport Workers Federation, as saying: “We’ve been told people are afraid to speak in some Ryanair workplaces. As far as we are concerned, that stops now.”
As part of the move, The Guardian reports, today sees the launch of a website – www.ryan-be-fair.org – which is aimed at allowing staff to discuss work.
Brendan Gold, of the T&G union, is quoted as saying: “This will be a good gauge of what people in Ryanair are thinking. Once we have got that, we’ll see where we go from there.”
Report by Tim Gillett, News From Abroad Ltd
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