US EditionTwo Unions Planning KLM Worker Strikes, Rejecting Airline's Deal with Other Labor Groups
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KLM ground staff will be on strike on Wednesday. The CNV and FNV unions have announced a strike because they are angry about the collective bargaining agreement KLM has reached with smaller unions. The staff will strike on Wednesday, September 10, from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM, followed a week later by another four-hour strike. The unions' ultimatum expired in June. They had already planned to strike then, but the court ruled against it. According to…
KLM has reached a negotiated agreement for the collective labor agreement for ground staff with the NVLT, VKP, and De Unie unions. The CNV and FNV unions disagree.
KLM ground staff will be striking again on Wednesday, September 10th, and Wednesday, September 17th. The unions FNV and CNV announced this today. The reason is the collective labor agreement the airline reached yesterday with three smaller unions. "KLM is going to regret this. There is enormous anger about KLM's divide-and-rule tactics." The strike on September 10th will last two hours, from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM. And a week later, on September 17…
The Dutch company KLM, consister of Air France, announced that it had reached an agreement in principle on the new collective labour agreement (CCT) for its ground staff with three representative trade union organisations: NVLT, VKP and De Unie. These trade unions account for just over half of the unionized employees on the ground.
Two unions planning KLM worker strikes, rejecting airline's deal with other labor groups
Labor unions FNV and CNV are still preparing for strikes among KLM ground staff, despite the collective bargaining agreement that the Dutch airline finalized with three other unions. They consider the new agreement insufficient and are angry that KLM reached a deal without them.
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