Ryanair inks recognition agreement with Italy’s cabin crew union

Ryanair has signed a recognition agreement with the Italian union FIT CISL, which will now join ANPAC and ANPAV as a joint negotiating body for directly employed cabin crew in Italy. The joint negotiating committee of FIT CISL, ANPAC and ANPAV will take effect from July 24 to begin negotiations on a collective labor agreement (CLA) while contract agencies Crewlink and Workforce employing cabin crew operating on Ryanair aircraft in Italy have also signed recognition agreements with FIT CISL, ANPAC, and ANPAV, and negotiations on a CLA for contractor crew will begin on the same date. The announcement came a day after the LCC, which only started recognizing unions in December 2017, signed a cabin crew union recognition agreement with the Verdi Union to represent directly employed cabin crew based in Germany. “Following yesterday’s announcement yesterday of a cabin crew recognition agreement with Verdi in Germany, Ryanair is now commencing negotiations on CLAs for over 66% of its people in its major markets of Italy, the UK and Germany,” Ryanair said. “Ryanair hopes that the cabin crew unions in Spain, Portugal and Belgium will soon follow this example by engaging in negotiations with Ryanair rather than disrupting Ryanair customers by going on unnecessary strikes.”<br/>