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ITF backs Amerijet strike

01/09/09

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today publicly backed the pilots and flight engineers of Miami-based Amerijet Air Cargo, who went on strike last week in pursuit of fair working conditions. The Federation is asking its member unions – especially in Caribbean and Latin American destinations served by the airline – to show their support.

Gabriel Mocho, Secretary of the ITF’s Civil Aviation Section, commented: “The Teamsters union, to which the striking flight personnel belong, has asked us to join the groundswell of support for them and their refusal to accept steadily degrading working conditions, wages, and even having their pay docked when they’re off ill – something that is incompatible with running safe flights. We have today asked our affiliated unions to do all they can to express lawful support for them.”

He added: “We are heartened to hear that pilots, crews and ground staff from a range of aviation unions are publicly backing these workers and either joining them on the picket lines or refusing to cross them. Amerijet has become a byword for low pay and shabby treatment, and the revulsion that is being expressed is a direct result of this.”

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For more details see also Teamsters press release Labour rallies to support striking Amerijet pilots, flight engineers at www.teamster.org/content/labor-rallies-support-amerijet-pilots-and-flight-engineers

For more information contact ITF press officer, Sam Dawson.
Direct line: + 44 (0)20 7940 9260.
Email: dawson_sam@itf.org.uk

International Transport Workers' Federation - ITF:
HEAD OFFICE
ITF House, 49 - 60 Borough Road, London SE1 1DS
Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7403 2733
Fax: + 44 (0) 20 7375 7871
Email: mail@itf.org.uk
Web: www.itfglobal.org

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