Strike Action Planned at NCL
Four proposed strike periods have been announced involving, fire, security and ATCOs at NCL, with the first scheduled for 30/06/05
Airport management are currently saying PAX should not adjust their plans, as they are confident services will not be affected, because there will be sufficient non-union staff to maintain services.
Allegedly unions agreed a 3.3% pay rise, but this was rejected by ballot.
Must say I have mixed feelings about this one. The aggressive style of management at NCL has undoubtedly lead to poor morale amongst the remaining work-force. This is sad because in the days of TW NIA was a happy environment.
There seems to be a big dispute about the actual profits of the company, with unions citing £16M and management £200K. Either way senior management (high 6 figure) bonuses seem difficult to justify having been earned by significant redundancies, increased workloads for remaining staff, and worse working conditions overall.
On the other hand 3.3% is the sort of rise one might expect in the public sector. The problem really appears to be the inequity of managers taking massive bonuses when they peg the workers to inflation level rises.
Sadly the timing could not be more cynically targetted to damage family holidays, starting as it does at the beginning of the school holidays. It was somewhat disigenuous of the union rep interviewed on TV to say "they hadn't realised that it was the start of school holidays" Come off it!!
What is really needed here is a change of CEO. JP has become a major liability, he needs to go and allow some of the remaining and reasonable managers to come to a fair deal with their employees. Copenhagen shareholders and councillors I hope you take note.