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Ryanair snubs labour court
24 January 2007
The ITF has accused Ryanair of showing just how lightly it takes workers’ complaints after engineering an adjournment within the first minutes of a case being held against it in an Italian labour court. The case, brought by the Fit Cisl union, was to rule on whether Ryanair must recognise and negotiate with the trade union chosen by its Italian workers
However, as soon as the hearing opened the airline’s personnel director, Eddie Wilson, claimed he would not be able to make any contribution, as he didn’t trust his lawyer's translation skills and wanted a professional interpreter. He had had six weeks to decide this, but chose to wait till the case began.
ITF Civil Aviation Secretary Ingo Marowsky explained that “Despite the ploy the company has recognised the tribunal’s right to judge it, and the legal process will continue. A new hearing has been rescheduled to 6 February. “
“These kind of diversionary tactics show how seriously Ryanair takes both the court and the airline’s workers’ concerns. I suspect that both will remember it when the time comes to pass judgement.”
The case has been brought by Italian union Fit Cisl, and comes just months after France brought in a law to ensure that the air crew of non-French airlines based in the country will be covered by French labour law.
The hearing took place at the Tribunale del Lavoro di Velletri, near Rome. A judgement is expected around 30 days after the delayed case restarts.
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