According to the state labor court, the strike affects only 10% of airline employees
The strike, which was approved by Brazilian pilots and flight attendants last week, began around 8:00 a.m. local time in Brasilia (02:00 GMT) on Monday with multiple flight delays across Brazil.
However, according to the Labor Supreme Court (TST), the strike is likely to affect just 10 per cent of airline workers, although workers rejected a reinstatement proposal before the Labor Supreme Court and joined the call by the National Union of Aeronauts.
Uniformed crew members have been gathering in the lobby at Congonhas Airport in the southern zone of São Paulo since shortly before the protests began, demanding better wages. Another claim in the category is that airlines respect pilot and flight attendant rest times.
The Union of Aeronauts is calling for what they call the restoration of inflationary wage losses on top of real profits “given the high prices of airline tickets, which have provided companies with increasing profits”.
Latam airline, in turn, said it has been negotiating with the National Union of Aeronauts since early September to build the Collective Bargaining Agreement (ACT) and expects the union to call a meeting to vote on the store’s crew.
So far, the airport GRU, the body in charge of flights and airports, has reported that ten flights are delayed at Guarulhos airport. The concessionaire advises passengers to research airlines to find out the status of their flights.
The National Union of Air Companies (SNEA) said that ticket prices in recent years have been heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, conflicts in Europe, the devaluation of the real against the dollar and the rise in oil prices as the reason that the requested increases were not received.
(With information from TeleSUR)
