Ryanair
has reportedly fired all its pilots and cabin crew members based in the
Netherlands after they refused to be 'voluntarily' relocated to bases
in Morocco and Belarus.According to Mail Online, the Irish low-cost
airline officially filed for the collective firing of all personnel at
the Dutch Employee Insurance Agency (UWV), an autonomous government
administrative authority which handles unemployment benefits.The airline
cited bad economic results for their Dutch base at Eindhoven, which was
closed on 5th November, as the reason for the mass-dismissal.However,
Unions VNV and FNV, which represent the pilots and flight attendants
respectively, said they will appeal the mass-firing with the government
body.Chairman Joost van Doesburg of pilot union VNV said he is surprised
that the UWV accepted Ryanair's application to fire all of its
employees in the first place.He said that Ryanair would need to come
forward with proof of the bad economic numbers for the firing of all the
employees to be accepted, which according to him the low-cost airline
has not yet done.According to the unions, Ryanair decided to close its
Eindhoven base and get rid of its Netherlands-based employees as a
retaliatory measure after pilots went on strike in early October for two
days.Sixteen angry Ryanair pilots even started a court case against the
airline in the Southern Dutch city of Den Bosch, asking the judge to
ban the airline from transferring them to bases in far-flung cities in
North Africa and Eastern Europe.A VNV union spokesman said: 'The goal
was not higher wages or more days off, but a change in culture and a
guarantee of basic rights for employees in accordance with Dutch
standards.'Ryanair has to stop with the divide-and-conquer culture, and
has to respect employee's fundamental rights. However, our actions have
made Ryanair decide to close its Eindhoven base.'That means that the
pilots are being forced to move to southern or eastern Europe or even to
North Africa.' Source: Mail Online.Ryanair sacks all pilots and cabin crew in the Netherlands after they refuse to re-locate to bases in Morocco and Belarus
Ryanair
has reportedly fired all its pilots and cabin crew members based in the
Netherlands after they refused to be 'voluntarily' relocated to bases
in Morocco and Belarus.According to Mail Online, the Irish low-cost
airline officially filed for the collective firing of all personnel at
the Dutch Employee Insurance Agency (UWV), an autonomous government
administrative authority which handles unemployment benefits.The airline
cited bad economic results for their Dutch base at Eindhoven, which was
closed on 5th November, as the reason for the mass-dismissal.However,
Unions VNV and FNV, which represent the pilots and flight attendants
respectively, said they will appeal the mass-firing with the government
body.Chairman Joost van Doesburg of pilot union VNV said he is surprised
that the UWV accepted Ryanair's application to fire all of its
employees in the first place.He said that Ryanair would need to come
forward with proof of the bad economic numbers for the firing of all the
employees to be accepted, which according to him the low-cost airline
has not yet done.According to the unions, Ryanair decided to close its
Eindhoven base and get rid of its Netherlands-based employees as a
retaliatory measure after pilots went on strike in early October for two
days.Sixteen angry Ryanair pilots even started a court case against the
airline in the Southern Dutch city of Den Bosch, asking the judge to
ban the airline from transferring them to bases in far-flung cities in
North Africa and Eastern Europe.A VNV union spokesman said: 'The goal
was not higher wages or more days off, but a change in culture and a
guarantee of basic rights for employees in accordance with Dutch
standards.'Ryanair has to stop with the divide-and-conquer culture, and
has to respect employee's fundamental rights. However, our actions have
made Ryanair decide to close its Eindhoven base.'That means that the
pilots are being forced to move to southern or eastern Europe or even to
North Africa.' Source: Mail Online.
