Sciopero piloti Air France

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Metto qui.

Secondo indiscrezioni riportate dalla stampa transalpina, Accor (il gruppo alberghiero francese) sarebbe pronto a rilevare la quota (pari al 14,3%) attualmente ‘posseduta’ dallo Stato.

Da Les Echos —

Air France-KLM : AccorHotels convoite la participation de l'Etat

EXCLUSIF - Le groupe hôtelier aurait proposé d'acheter les 14,3 % détenus par l'Etat. Les discussions qui viennent de s'engager explorent trois scénarios.

Et si Air France-KLM volait de ses propres ailes ? Officiellement, le sujet n'est pas d'actualité. L'Etat-actionnaire et les autres membres du conseil de la compagnie affirment n'avoir qu'une chose en tête : trouver un nouveau PDG pour reprendre les commandes du groupe franco néerlandais après le départ précipité de Jean-Marc Janaillac.

Une « chasse » a d'ailleurs été lancée au lendemain de l'assemblée générale du 15 mai pour trouver l'oiseau rare avec pour objectif de sortir dès que possible de la crise de gouvernance déclenchée par le référendum salarial perdu à la surprise générale par l'ancien PDG début mai .

Un coup de tonnerre

Mais en coulisse, un scénario beaucoup plus ambitieux serait à l'étude. Afin de régler le « cas Air France » une fois pour toutes, l'Etat envisagerait de se défaire de tout ou partie de ses 14,3 % au capital du groupe franco néerlandais. Selon nos informations, il en étudierait en tout cas sérieusement la possibilité, depuis que les dirigeants d'AccorHotels ont manifesté leur intérêt pour sa participation.

Ce processus alternatif ne fait que débuter, et côté Etat-actionnaire, on ne se serait pas encore fait une religion sur le sujet. Certains refusent en effet de s'engager dans cette voie sans l'accord du conseil d'Air France-KLM. Mais des discussions auraient bel et bien été entamées pour définir la forme que pourrait prendre une éventuelle opération. Au sein de l'Exécutif comme dans l'entourage du leader mondial de l'hôtellerie hors Etats-Unis, on se refusait ce dimanche à tout commentaire.

Il faut dire que le dossier est extrêmement sensible. Depuis la naissance d'Air France, la puissance publique a toujours été l'actionnaire dominant de la compagnie nationale. Rien n'est encore fait, mais si les négociations en cours devaient aboutir, ce serait donc un véritable coup de tonnerre. Pour Air France-KLM, bien sûr.

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Metto qui.

Secondo indiscrezioni riportate dalla stampa transalpina, Accor (il gruppo alberghiero francese) sarebbe pronto a rilevare la quota (pari al 14,3%) attualmente ‘posseduta’ dallo Stato.

Da Les Echos —



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Interessante se lo Stato francese uscisse dal capitale di AF-KL.

 

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Et voilà, un altro scioperino, 4 giorni (poi a fine giugno, 'nsomma...).

Air France unions call for four-day strike from June 23

PARIS (Reuters) - Unions at Air France on Friday called for a four-day strike starting June 23 over a continuing pay dispute that prompted the resignation of parent company Air France-KLM’s chief executive last month.

The dispute has already resulted in 15 days of walkouts this year, costing Europe’s second-largest carrier by revenue up to 400 million euros ($470.68 million).

As the company hunts for a new CEO to replace outgoing Jean-Marc Janaillac, interim non-executive chairwoman Anne-Marie Couderc had sought to placate the unions earlier on Friday.

In a letter seen by Reuters, Couderc told the unions that Air France management would next week offer new measures aimed at ending the conflict.

The French government, already locked in a battle over reforms at state railway operator SNCF, has said it will not bail out Air France.

Last month an adviser to French President Emmanuel Macron said the government had no plans to reduce its 14.3 percent stake in Air France-KLM but might not maintain this level forever.

In a brief statement Air France-KLM said the strike was not compatible with concern for the future of Air France and confirmed that Couderc would meet union representatives on June 14 and come up with proposals.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...or-four-day-strike-from-june-23-idUSKCN1J42MS

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Dai sono stati gentili: il picco delle partenze in Francia è il 7 Luglio (ultimo giorno di scuola a livello nazionale )

Envoyé de mon SM-A510F en utilisant Tapatalk

 

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Air France Makes ‘Bizarre’ Snooze Room Offer to Defiant Staff

• Pilot union representatative dismisses management proposal
• Workers have called for fresh round of walkouts June 23-26

After an attempt to play hard ball with defiant staff failed to end a bitter labor conflict, Air France is now trying a softer approach. The embattled carrier’s latest offer to workers: more rooms for rest breaks.

At meetings with union representatives, who have called for a fresh round of strikes starting next week, management pledged to spend more to improve working conditions. The French arm of Air France-KLM said Thursday it would renovate and add staff rooms at Orly airport near Paris and take a “new approach to staff concerns and dialogue.”

The move didn’t go down well with at least two unions. “It’s a joke,” SPAF pilot union representative Gregoire Aplincourt said by phone. “I don’t see how I can come back to pilots and ask them to lift the strike with these bizarre promises.”

Air France-KLM is still reeling from the resignation last month of Chief Executive Officer Jean-Marc Janaillac, who had staked his job on workers accepting his final offer on pay in a company-wide referendum. After they rejected it, the Paris-based carrier appointed an interim management team and unions decided on a new round of strikes June 23-26. Aplincourt said there would be a joint response to the latest proposals, but for the moment the plan for renewed action stands.

Summer Strikes

Air France-KLM’s board won’t resume talks with unions before new top executives are appointed, the company said in its statement. In an interview published by Les Echos, interim non-executive Chairman Anne-Marie Couderc was quoted as saying the company wants to pick a new CEO by July 15 and that the board won’t issue a mandate to negotiate on wages before the new management is in place.
Unions had expected the interim management would at least offer a 3.65 percent wage increase for 2018 and 2019, an option that had been under discussion in the past few days, according to Aplincourt, who said this was getting closer to workers’ demands.
Instead, the promises for staff rooms, new printers and parking spots “aren’t up to the challenge,” CGT union representative Vincent Salles said. “We’re puzzled by these proposals.”

Next week’s planned walkouts would escalate a costly labor conflict just as the busy summer travel season in Europe gets underway. Already, 15 days of strikes that began Feb. 22 have cost the company more than 300 million euros.

The 10 unions representing pilots, cabin crew and ground personnel demanded a pay raise of at least 5 percent this year, as they seek a share of Air France-KLM’s 2017 profit increase. Management has refused, citing the need to continue investing, including by buying new planes. The former CEO proposed a 7 percent increase over four years tied to performance.
A majority of employees rejected the offer in May, triggering Janaillac’s departure and replacement with an interim team that doesn’t have a mandate to negotiate with unions or grant pay increases beyond what Janaillac had offered.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...es-bizarre-snooze-room-offer-to-defiant-staff

 

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Pare che lo sciopero sia stato revocato.

 

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I sindacati minacciano ulteriori 15 giorni di sciopero

On Sunday, Philippe Evain, head of the powerful French SNPL pilots’ union, threatened in an interview with Le Parisien newspaper 15 more days of strikes if the new Air France KLM chief executive did not restart talks over pay conditions.KLM on Monday said its talks with Dutch pilots union VNV over better working conditions are in “a difficult phase”.

Dutch pilots would consider going on strike if KLM fails to come up with better offers before Friday, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf said, citing a letter from the union to its members.
Air France-KLM has been hunting for a new boss since the abrupt departure of CEO Jean-Marc Janaillac in May after staff rejected a pay offer aimed at ending the strikes which have so far cost the company 335 million euros (£298.67 million).

The French state is the biggest shareholder in Air France-KLM with a stake of about 14 percent. Delta Airlines (DAL.N) and China Eastern Airlines (600115.SS) each hold 8.8 percent.
A senior French pilot on Air France KLM’s board of directors also said this weekend that the next CEO must not be beholden to external interests, as he criticised the possible choice of Air Canada’s chief operating officer as preferred candidate.

Le Monde newspaper last week reported that Air France-KLM’s nominations committee had picked Air Canada (AC.TO) chief operating officer Benjamin Smith as its top candidate for CEO.
Air France KLM has said only that no decision has been made yet, while Air Canada has made no comment on the matter.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-a...lump-on-risk-of-further-strikes-idUKKBN1KY0T1

 

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Sindacati (ancora) sul piede di guerra, sembra che non siano soddisfatti dei 'risultati' in seguito agli scioperi dei mesi passati.

Air France : l'intersyndicale annonce "un fort durcissement du conflit"

Dans un communiqué publié jeudi, quatre syndicats d'Air France dénoncent "l'attitude totalement irresponsable des dirigeants" et annoncent des actions à court terme.

L'intersyndicale d'Air France regrette jeudi dans un communiqué commun que près de quatre mois sans grève n'aient permis aucune reprise des discussions sur les salaires et fustige "l'attitude totalement irresponsable des dirigeants d'Air France".

Publication "sous peu" des actions envisagées. Cette attitude "amène les organisations syndicales à conclure que seul un fort durcissement du conflit (...) est susceptible de forcer ces dirigeants à y mettre définitivement un terme", écrivent les neuf signataires (CGT, FO, SUD, SNPNC, Unsa-PNC, CFTC, SNGAF, SNPL et Alter), qui rendront publiques "sous peu" les actions envisagées. L'intersyndicale "rendra publiques sous peu les actions qu'elle proposera à l'ensemble du corps social de la compagnie Air France pour rattraper et mettre fin définitivement au blocage des salaires", poursuit le texte.

"Constat amer". "L'annonce faite le 16 août dernier de l'arrivée de M. Benjamin Smith au poste de directeur général d'Air France-KLM n'a absolument pas réglé la question du rattrapage de nos salaires bloqués de 2012 à 2017", écrivent les syndicats, disant faire "le constat amer qu'ils sont les seuls à qui l'on oppose l'absence du nouveau DG de la holding Air France-KLM (alors qu'il est déjà nommé) comme excuse hypocrite à l'immobilisme salarial".

Déjà 15 jours de grève de février à mai. Les syndicats réclament un rattrapage général de 5,1% des salaires, correspondant à l'inflation 2012-2017. Fin juillet, l'intersyndicale avait annoncé qu'avec ou sans PDG pour succéder à Jean-Marc Janaillac, qui avait démissionné en mai, le conflit pour les salaires reprendrait en septembre. Benjamin Smith doit prendre ses fonctions au plus tard le 30 septembre. L'intersyndicale, composée de neuf organisations de pilotes (SNPL et Alter), d'hôtesses et de stewards (SNPNC, Unsa-PNC, CFTC, SNGAF) et de personnels au sol (CGT, FO et SUD), avait déjà mené 15 journées de grève entre le 22 février et le 8 mai.

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L’ulteriore irrigidimento dei sindacati piloti e assistenti di volo AF sarebbe stato determinato anche dal salario del nuovo CEO che dovrebbe arrivare alla cifra di 4,5 milioni di euro annui.

Lo riporta il Messaggero stamane.

 

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Maretta in AF (for a change...) – nuove minacce di sciopero da parte dei sindacati:

Nous avons adressé un courrier à Monsieur Benjamin Smith le prévenant de la potentialité d'un prochain conflit avec les pilotes. Nous comptons sur la lucidité de la nouvelle direction pour reprendre les négociations dans les plus brefs délais. Nous n'hésiterons pas à prendre nos responsabilités et nous mobiliser très prochainement, cette fois en mouvement pilotes seul, si cela s'avérait nécessaire", a écrit, le 24 octobre, le bureau du SNPL dans un tract diffusé aux pilotes, que La Tribune s'est procuré.

Link all'articolo completo (in lingue francese).

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