LOT Polish Airlines on strike
LOT CREW ON STRIKE AND IN NEED OF SUPPORT! BAD WORKING CONDIITIONS AND CREWS' FATIGUE PUT PASSANGERS' SAFETY IN DANGER! Fatigued crew members are regularly mobbed by Lot Polish Airlines. Most of the flight and cabin crew are bogusly self-employed. In 2013 salary terms and conditions were terminated leading to decreased earnings. Since 2017 the situation has been getting worse and worse. The public should know facts regarding work conditions and the ongoing strike. Bad working conditions of the employees directly impact passengers' safety. LOT Polish airlines management is responsible not only for mobbing and exploiting the workers but also for putting passengers' health and life in danger. We ask the passengers and employees of other airlines to express their solidarity with the striking workers. On 18 OCT flight attendants and pilots went on strike demanding: - re-employment of Monika Żelazik, the unlawfully fired leader of the Flight and Cabin Crew Union (ZZPPiL),- withdrawal of a reprimand received by captain Adam Rzeszot, the leader of the Airline Pilots’ Union (ZZPK), - fair salary terms and conditions,- a stop to all acts of harassment and intimidation of the employees. At the turn of April, after over three years of unsuccessful negotiations, pilots and flight attendants organized a strike referendum. 90% of the participants said “yes” to strike. As a result, the leader of ZZPPiL was disciplinarily fired and the leader of ZZPK received a reprimand for speaking on flights’ safety. LOT Polish Airlines management is trying to blackmail and silence the protesters. Unacceptable! NO TO WORKERS’ RIGHTS VIOLATION!
!!! LOT POLISH AIRLINES PILOTS AND CABIN CREW ASKS FOR YOU SUPPORT !!!