The Other Side of Low-Cost Air Travel
▻http://multinationales.org/The-Other-Side-of-Low-Cost-Air
The two-week strike staged in September by Air #France pilots in protest against the expansion of the airline’s low-cost subsidiary, Transavia, illustrates the impact of this increasingly widespread model on labour legislation and social protection. This article was originally published, in a slightly longer version, in French. Translation via Equal Times. “If low-cost could be done with the operating rules of a traditional airline, we’d know about it! (...) You can’t go and work for Transavia (...)
/ #Transport, France, #Air_France_KLM, #Easyjet, #Vueling, #Ryanair, #Corporate_Subsidies, #Tax_Heavens, #Workers'_Rights_and_Freedom_of_Association, #subsidies, #work_conditions, #workers'_rights, #offshoring, #workers'_protest, #salary, #unions, #social_security, tax (...)
#tax_evasion
« ▻http://www.equaltimes.org/the-other-side-of-low-cost?lang=en »
« ▻http://www.lesechos.fr/10/09/2014/LesEchos/21768-080-ECH_alexandre-de-juniac-----nous-comptons-investir-1-milliard-d-e »
« ►http://www.cgtairfrance.com/Doc/2014/COMPRESSOSAF22092014.pdf »
« ►http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/european-airlines-labour-productivity-oxymoron-for-some-vueling-a »
« ►http://www.senat.fr/notice-rapport/2013/r13-450-notice.html »
« ▻http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-863_en.htm »
