Originally Posted by
RHINO
I think the devil is in the detail.....won't talk to other pilots unions ie the Ryanair works councils will now be called unions.
The carrier said it would recognise unions "as the representative body for pilots in Ryanair in each of these countries, as long as they establish committees of Ryanair pilots to deal with Ryanair issues
Bingo
ERC under another another name. This is absolutely about (trying) to maintain coercive control.
The key point here is RYA wants 'union' representatives over which they have influence - i.e. employees of RYA.
Unions should have no part in legitimatizing this scam, and do everything possible (media etc) to highlight why it is a scam
A good alternative would be for unions to put forward reps who are not employees of ANY airline (perhaps some recently retired pilots could help here?) because this kicks away the 'competitor airlines' argument.
Regardless, this move is still a major concession by RYA - effectively they have agreed, without much fight, to change representation from base level to country level. No doubt this has been offered to try to prevent company wide representation via EERC.
They are on the back foot, so keep pushing!