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11/09/2009
Text Alert Signals Job Cut For Aer Lingus Workers
A major Irish union is furious after over 60 workers at Aer Lingus were informed of an announcement their jobs would be cut by text.
The workers found they had been axed yesterday after first getting a text from management informing them of a "major jobs announcement".
The text informed the 63 temporary cabin crew to expect a phone call during which they were informed they were losing their jobs.
IMPACT official Christina Carney, representing the affected workers said: "I have been speaking to these workers today and they are devastated. There is a lot of shock and anger at how they have been treated by the company, and the manner in which the news was broken to them has only added to the shock and anger they are feeling.
"They have worked very hard for the company over the last number of years, in order to ensure that passengers return to Aer Lingus. They thought they had a long term career with Aer Lingus. Many of them have mortgages and are facing a very uncertain future now."
Of the 63 temporary staff, 56 work on short-haul flights and are based at Dublin Airport. The remainder, who also work on short haul, are based out of Cork airport.
The union has written to the new chief executive, Christoph Mueller expressing the disappointment with the decision and has said that the union believes the company is "walking away from an agreement made in November 2008 which specifically protected the employment of the temporary cabin crew in exchange for package valued at €15 million".
The union says it believes that Aer Lingus is acting outside of the agreement made in November 2008 with the union, and that the company has already taken the value of the agreement.
The blow also comes as sources said cabin crew and pilots are likely to be targeted in a new cost-cutting plan to be announced before the end of the month.
The Airline is currently formulating a programme of cost-saving after unveiling losses of €93m in the first-half of the year.
Chairman Colm Barrington recently said that pay-cuts are definitely on the agenda for the workforce of more than 3,000.
(DW/GK)
The workers found they had been axed yesterday after first getting a text from management informing them of a "major jobs announcement".
The text informed the 63 temporary cabin crew to expect a phone call during which they were informed they were losing their jobs.
IMPACT official Christina Carney, representing the affected workers said: "I have been speaking to these workers today and they are devastated. There is a lot of shock and anger at how they have been treated by the company, and the manner in which the news was broken to them has only added to the shock and anger they are feeling.
"They have worked very hard for the company over the last number of years, in order to ensure that passengers return to Aer Lingus. They thought they had a long term career with Aer Lingus. Many of them have mortgages and are facing a very uncertain future now."
Of the 63 temporary staff, 56 work on short-haul flights and are based at Dublin Airport. The remainder, who also work on short haul, are based out of Cork airport.
The union has written to the new chief executive, Christoph Mueller expressing the disappointment with the decision and has said that the union believes the company is "walking away from an agreement made in November 2008 which specifically protected the employment of the temporary cabin crew in exchange for package valued at €15 million".
The union says it believes that Aer Lingus is acting outside of the agreement made in November 2008 with the union, and that the company has already taken the value of the agreement.
The blow also comes as sources said cabin crew and pilots are likely to be targeted in a new cost-cutting plan to be announced before the end of the month.
The Airline is currently formulating a programme of cost-saving after unveiling losses of €93m in the first-half of the year.
Chairman Colm Barrington recently said that pay-cuts are definitely on the agenda for the workforce of more than 3,000.
(DW/GK)
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