Italy: lawsuit for violation of trade-union rights by Ryanair

Facing the refusal of the Irish airline company Ryanair to recognize the Italian trade union for flight attendants FIT-CISL, the latter has taken Ryanair management to the Employment Court of Velletri for the non-respect of information and consultation procedures. (Ref. 070074)
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The main objections of the trade union are the refusal to recognize it, and the non-respect of Italian legislation on information consultation of workers. Indeed, the Italian law provides for an obligation for the employer to provide workers’ representatives with information on the methods of recourse to temporary workers. However, the request of the trade union FIT-CISL, which asked management to justify the wage differences between temporary and permanent workers, were rejected by Ryanair. T

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