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**Civil aviation unions demand rights agreement or risk World Cup flights
With less than a month to go before the World Cup starts, representatives of LATAM network trade unions met at the ITF office in Rio, Brazil last week to demand action from LAN Peru, where mechanics are paid less than elsewhere in LATAM.
Civil aviation union leaders have warned that World Cup flights could be delayed or cancelled unless LATAM Group employers agree to restart pay negotiations urgently with Peruvian unions.
With less than a month to go before the World Cup starts, representatives of LATAM network trade unions met at the ITF office in Rio, Brazil last week to demand action from LAN Peru, where mechanics are paid less than elsewhere in LATAM.
They issued a 30-day deadline for stalled talks to restart, warning otherwise of industrial action by Brazilian and other LAN baggage, maintenance and check-in workers over this and their own living wage demands. According to the unions, this could affect more than 300 international flights to Brazil and an additional 750 domestic flights during the World Cup.
ITF civil aviation secretary Gabriel Mocho commented: “LATAM operates a form of social dumping, paying mechanics in Peru around half than those in Brazil, Argentina and Chile doing the same job.
This is unacceptable and LATAM workers have had enough. They do not want to take strike action during the World Cup but if the company’s regional management continues to refuse to engage in direct talks with the unions, they feel they have little choice.
“The LATAM union network is growing in size and strength and sees the World Cup as an opportunity to raise awareness of this injustice.
They are spurred on by the successful conclusion in early April of negotiations of the LANex cabin crew in Chile.
They also welcome the first steps in building the Avianca network in the region, following the merger between Avianca and TACA in 2013.”
LATAM operates in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay and Colombia, and is represented by TAM in Brazil.
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Trabajadores de handling y mantenimiento de Latam
Una huelga de los trabajadores de handling –incluyendo el check-in en mostradores y la gestión de equipajes- y mantenimiento en varios países de América del Sur amenaza con provocar retrasos y cancelaciones de vuelos durante la realización de la Copa Mundial de Fútbol en Brasil, a partir del próximo 12 de junio.
El personal de LATAM, una de las principales operadoras en la región y de Brasil en concreto, amenaza con convocar una huelga para los días del evento mundial de futbol más importante a menos que la dirección del grupo de aéreo acepte elevar los salarios de los mecánicos de su plantilla en Perú, a quienes se les paga menos que en los otros países donde operan, según los sindicatos. LATAM tiene operadoras locales bajo la marca LAN en Argentina, Chile, Perú, Ecuador, Paraguay y Colombia, y con TAM en Brasil.
Aeropuerto Internacional Antônio Carlos Jobim de Río de Janeiro, más conocido con el nombre de Aeropuerto Internacional de Galeão.
Dirigentes sindicales del sector aéreo han advertido que los vuelos durante la celebración del Mundial de Futbol podrían sufrir retrasos o cancelaciones a menos que LATAM se comprometa a reanudar las negociaciones con los sindicatos peruanos, poniendo un plazo de 30 días para reiniciar las conversaciones. De lo contrario convocarán a huelga a trabajadores brasileños y de otros países donde opera el grupo para apoyar a los peruanos, además de presionar sobre sus propias demandas salariales.
Según cálculos sindicales, de llevarse a cabo la acción, podría afectar a más de 300 vuelos internacionales a Brasil y un adicional de 750 vuelos nacionales durante la Copa del Mundo, que comenzará el 12 de junio.
El secretario del sector de la Aviación Civil de Federación Internacional de Trabajadores del Transporte ( ITF, por sus siglas en inglés), que representa alrededor de 4,5 millones de trabajadores del transporte en 150 países, Gabriel Mocho, ha denunciado que " LATAM opera una forma de dumping social, pagando a los mecánicos de Perú alrededor de la mitad de lo que les paga a los de Brasil, Argentina y Chile haciendo el mismo trabajo". Agrega que “estos es inaceptable y los trabajadores LATAM ya han tenido suficiente. Ellos no quieren ir a la huelga durante la Copa del Mundo, pero si la gerencia regional de la empresa sigue negándose a entablar conversaciones directas con los sindicatos, sienten que no tienen otra opción”. Mocho destaca que la red sindical LATAM está creciendo en tamaño y fuerza y ve la Copa del Mundo como “una oportunidad para dar a conocer esta injusticia".
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Civil aviation unions demand rights agreement or risk World Cup flights
Theodore Koumelis - 22 May 2014, 12:37
With less than a month to go before the World Cup starts, representatives of LATAM network trade unions met at the ITF office in Rio, Brazil last week to demand action from LAN Peru, where mechanics are paid less than elsewhere in LATAM.
Civil aviation union leaders have warned that World Cup flights could be delayed or cancelled unless LATAM Group employers agree to restart pay negotiations urgently with Peruvian unions.
With less than a month to go before the World Cup starts, representatives of LATAM network trade unions met at the ITF office in Rio, Brazil last week to demand action from LAN Peru, where mechanics are paid less than elsewhere in LATAM.
They issued a 30-day deadline for stalled talks to restart, warning otherwise of industrial action by Brazilian and other LAN baggage, maintenance and check-in workers over this and their own living wage demands. According to the unions, this could affect more than 300 international flights to Brazil and an additional 750 domestic flights during the World Cup.
ITF civil aviation secretary Gabriel Mocho commented: “LATAM operates a form of social dumping, paying mechanics in Peru around half than those in Brazil, Argentina and Chile doing the same job.
This is unacceptable and LATAM workers have had enough. They do not want to take strike action during the World Cup but if the company’s regional management continues to refuse to engage in direct talks with the unions, they feel they have little choice.
“The LATAM union network is growing in size and strength and sees the World Cup as an opportunity to raise awareness of this injustice.
They are spurred on by the successful conclusion in early April of negotiations of the LANex cabin crew in Chile.
They also welcome the first steps in building the Avianca network in the region, following the merger between Avianca and TACA in 2013.”
LATAM operates in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay and Colombia, and is represented by TAM in Brazil.
- See more at: http://www.traveldailynews.com/news/article/60605/civil-aviation-unions-demand-rights#sthash.8K1fDD0v.dpuf
Civil aviation unions demand rights agreement or risk World Cup flights
Theodore Koumelis - 22 May 2014, 12:37
With less than a month to go before the World Cup starts, representatives of LATAM network trade unions met at the ITF office in Rio, Brazil last week to demand action from LAN Peru, where mechanics are paid less than elsewhere in LATAM.
Civil aviation union leaders have warned that World Cup flights could be delayed or cancelled unless LATAM Group employers agree to restart pay negotiations urgently with Peruvian unions.
With less than a month to go before the World Cup starts, representatives of LATAM network trade unions met at the ITF office in Rio, Brazil last week to demand action from LAN Peru, where mechanics are paid less than elsewhere in LATAM.
They issued a 30-day deadline for stalled talks to restart, warning otherwise of industrial action by Brazilian and other LAN baggage, maintenance and check-in workers over this and their own living wage demands. According to the unions, this could affect more than 300 international flights to Brazil and an additional 750 domestic flights during the World Cup.
ITF civil aviation secretary Gabriel Mocho commented: “LATAM operates a form of social dumping, paying mechanics in Peru around half than those in Brazil, Argentina and Chile doing the same job.
This is unacceptable and LATAM workers have had enough. They do not want to take strike action during the World Cup but if the company’s regional management continues to refuse to engage in direct talks with the unions, they feel they have little choice.
“The LATAM union network is growing in size and strength and sees the World Cup as an opportunity to raise awareness of this injustice.
They are spurred on by the successful conclusion in early April of negotiations of the LANex cabin crew in Chile.
They also welcome the first steps in building the Avianca network in the region, following the merger between Avianca and TACA in 2013.”
LATAM operates in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay and Colombia, and is represented by TAM in Brazil.
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