Industrial action ..... unfortunately .
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Hatching and chickens spring to mind - but there you go.
Perhaps the profressional aviation community at large would be interested in what exactly are the demands of the unions at Maastricht.
(Note I said unions!)
TT
Perhaps the profressional aviation community at large would be interested in what exactly are the demands of the unions at Maastricht.
(Note I said unions!)
TT
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I hope the 18 weeks deadline is not just a delaying ploy from management to avoid a strike in the busy summer traffic
It's nice to see you are still taking an interest Traffic Traffic - how are the exams going?
It's nice to see you are still taking an interest Traffic Traffic - how are the exams going?
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Taken from the TUEM update;
Judging by the difficulty I just had to log on, not many PPRuNers were watching the football
Management was desperate to find a way to stop the strike. Fair enough, that is their right and task.
However, the manner in which this was attempted was disgraceful!
TUEM has to notify management of a strike with 5 days prior notice. We did it 7 days before. To show good will, TUEM decided not to go on strike on the 7th after we learned about the MCG meeting on that day.
In the afternoon of the 7th, local management sent us a bailiff with a subpoena to appear at the Maastricht court the next day. By then, all EC members had left and President and Vice Presidents were in Brussels to meet the DG, depriving TUEM of the chance to prepare any defence. Management is well aware that our lawyer is based in Brussels and is not allowed to defend us in the Netherlands.
Short notice requests for office duties to enable EC members to attend court were denied. However, the EC nevertheless managed to find a Dutch lawyer, prepare all files and enable EC members to attend court within two hours. This was all possible thanks to Mr. Weinberger, our lawyer, and Muriel, our secretary. And the OPS room had arranged people to work for EC members within 20 minutes.
Management wanted to challenge the legality of the strike, claiming that the reasons for the action were not significant enough, and that we would cause too much damage during the World Cup. A fine of 100.000,-€ was to be issued if TUEM took its members on strike on the 9th, and another 20.000,-€ for each day of strike until the 11th of July.
This time management really proved they will use every dirty tactic to defend their interests. All this showed their priorities: figures and delays over staff welfare. Would it not be refreshing to see them fight as hard for their staff (which is their “greatest asset”)?
The already bad relationship between local management and the OPS room has been damaged profoundly by this behaviour. Have they ever thought that they finally might have pushed it beyond repair?
THE NEAR FUTURE
Our campaign for decent working conditions is not over yet!
However, the manner in which this was attempted was disgraceful!
TUEM has to notify management of a strike with 5 days prior notice. We did it 7 days before. To show good will, TUEM decided not to go on strike on the 7th after we learned about the MCG meeting on that day.
In the afternoon of the 7th, local management sent us a bailiff with a subpoena to appear at the Maastricht court the next day. By then, all EC members had left and President and Vice Presidents were in Brussels to meet the DG, depriving TUEM of the chance to prepare any defence. Management is well aware that our lawyer is based in Brussels and is not allowed to defend us in the Netherlands.
Short notice requests for office duties to enable EC members to attend court were denied. However, the EC nevertheless managed to find a Dutch lawyer, prepare all files and enable EC members to attend court within two hours. This was all possible thanks to Mr. Weinberger, our lawyer, and Muriel, our secretary. And the OPS room had arranged people to work for EC members within 20 minutes.
Management wanted to challenge the legality of the strike, claiming that the reasons for the action were not significant enough, and that we would cause too much damage during the World Cup. A fine of 100.000,-€ was to be issued if TUEM took its members on strike on the 9th, and another 20.000,-€ for each day of strike until the 11th of July.
This time management really proved they will use every dirty tactic to defend their interests. All this showed their priorities: figures and delays over staff welfare. Would it not be refreshing to see them fight as hard for their staff (which is their “greatest asset”)?
The already bad relationship between local management and the OPS room has been damaged profoundly by this behaviour. Have they ever thought that they finally might have pushed it beyond repair?
THE NEAR FUTURE
Our campaign for decent working conditions is not over yet!
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The infantile and pathetic skulduggery tactics used by local management - as described above - has only served in further damaging already fragile controller/management relations. The bottom line to much of the trouble is their total lack of people management skills. The only method they know is lies, bullying and threats. Plenty of us have had first hand experience of this.
