A union document sent to airline management shows most sections of Siptu members at the airline overwhelmingly rejected the terms, with only two out of 13 accepting it.<\/p>\n
The union\u2019s \u201ccabin appearance\u201d section unanimously rejected the proposal. The union\u2019s sector committee had recommended it should be rejected.<\/p>\n
It is understood that the pay offer would mean a 3pc or \u20ac960 increase, whichever is greater, from January 1 next year.<\/p>\n
There would be a further 1pc or \u20ac320 increase from July 1 next year.<\/p>\n
A current pay deal would be extended until the end of next year.<\/p>\n
The Siptu staff\u2019s rejection comes after cabin crew at the airline who are F\u00f3rsa members indicated that they may also reject the terms.<\/p>\n
F\u00f3rsa\u2019s ballot ends next Tuesday.<\/p>\n
A demand for \u20ac1,500 vouchers that was rejected by Aer Lingus management appears to be a sticking point in the dispute.<\/p>\n
The workers want a gesture to reflect concessions made to pilots following a disruptive dispute last year.<\/p>\n
A deal agreed with pilots meant a \u20ac34m debt relating to their pay arrangements during the Covid pandemic was written off.<\/p>\n
A poll of F\u00f3rsa members revealed that they believe the deal does not go far enough to address \u201cpay anomalies\u201d that arose during the Covid pandemic.<\/p>\n
A meeting of the Aer Lingus cabin crew branch committee decided to recommend a vote against the new pay terms in the ballot.<\/p>\n
It is understood that management tabled a pay offer on September 5, followed by talks with an Irish Congress of Trade Unions-led group of unions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe poll return was high and it shows very clearly that the proposals do not go far enough to close the pay gap that emerged during the global pandemic,\u201d said F\u00f3rsa official Lisa Connell.<\/p>\n
\u201cSpecifically, there\u2019s been a legacy impact on cabin crew pay because of the airline\u2019s decision to reduce cabin crew pay to just 30pc.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said this was a devastating time for aviation workers and the experience hit them hard.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany are still trying to recover financially as a result of those Covid-era measures, and our cabin crew members believe the deal falls short of undoing the legacy of those measures,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She said this was an issue that IALPA members were able to address through debt forgiveness in last year\u2019s pilots\u2019 pay deal.<\/p>\n
In an \u201cimportant update\u201d sent to F\u00f3rsa members, the officers of the cabin crew branch executive said over 90pc of members believe the proposal is unacceptable.<\/p>\n
Their message indicated that a demand for \u20ac1,500 vouchers that was rejected by management is a key element of the dispute.<\/p>\n
It said the branch could not recommend this proposal as it is currently formatted and is recommending rejection.<\/p>\n
It said this was due to a \u201clack of a means in addressing the pilot debt forgiveness\u201d.<\/p>\n
The message said members had cited the need for vouchers to be provided for the deal to address this issue and be accepted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A union document sent to airline management shows most sections of Siptu members at the airline overwhelmingly rejected…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60,898],"class_list":{"0":"post-70151","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-latest-news-ticker"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}