Pilot Strike at SAS is drawing ever closer – Expressen

SAS and Norwegian pilots’ unions NSF and the SNF and the Swedish pilot compartment Swedish pilot association (SPF) have been negotiated since April on a new collective agreement.

Despite six weeks of mangrove ratio has not the parties failed to agree, and the three unions gave notice at the end of May on strike.

Up to 350 Swedish pilots strike

According to the notices sake of 435 Norwegian pilots charged in strike on Thursday, June 9, and the next day 300-350 Swedish pilots.

the negotiations did not reach the goal before the deadline expired at midnight on Wednesday.

however, the parties decided to postpone the strike and negotiate now in overtime.

Will you not agree put the Swedish pilots in the SPF that has Arlanda base and domestic flights and short European routes into work on Friday at 18.00.

Should you travel with SAS you can follow the development of events and via the airline’s website, but also on the SAS Facebook page.

– SAS and the pilots’ unions agree to continue the mediation on overtime and SAS are set to reach a solution as soon as possible, notify Knut Morten Johansen, CIO at SAS in Norway.

Long list of disagreements

SAS and SPF disagree on a number of important points. Among other things, the SAS screw on the leasing agreement for pilots SPF previously agreed, but the tray with the new changes proposed claim “may threaten Swedish pilot jobs and jobs”.

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in addition, SPF requires wage increases in order to “close the gap” to other European and Scandinavian airlines. The union claims that its members wages declined by 20 percent since 2009, compared with about wages had increased under the brand.

“Abused trust”

SPF curls also of the simplified collective agreement it accepted last year. According to the union, SAS has taken advantage of the looser projections, which created a number of interpretations.

– It is worrying that the SAS during the past year had abused the trust we gave and promised each other with a simple and flexible contracts. It clearly shows why a more thorough agreement is so important, says Peter Larsson, Chairman of SAS-section of the SPF.

Inside negotiations delicious nobody out currently.

– Negotiations continue. I’m trying to get some information, but I myself have no information right now, says Rebecca Rosenvinge, press officer of SPF.

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