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Agreement between SAS and Transport without National Agreement
SAS has today reached agreement with the Swedish Transport Workers'
Union, after the union had given notice of industrial action on October
11. The agreement will result in increased personnel costs that will
reduce SAS' competitive possibilities in the areas of baggage handling,
ramp services and technical maintenance.
SAS Group CEO Jörgen Lindegaard made the following comment:
"We have succeeded in signing a new collective agreement with 38 out of
39 trade unions to adapt SAS' cost structure to external conditions. On
behalf of SAS employees, I regret that we did not succeed in achieving
such an agreement with the Transport Workers' Union."
SAS Group management is now conducting a review of the operations
included in the new agreement with the Transport Workers' Union. The
consequences of the new agreement could mean the termination or
divestment of certain operations within this area.
In its negotiations with the Transport Workers' Union, SAS submitted a
proposal for a transition to the National Agreement for Civil Aviation.
This industry agreement applies to other airlines and ground handling
companies that are members of the Swedish Air Transport Employers
Association.
SAS offered interim rules for a transition to the National Agreement
that included work hours and compensation for unsociable hours. SAS
management has established that there was no willingness on the part of
the Transport Workers' Union to permit a transition to the National
Agreement that would have resulted in the same conditions for SAS as
other companies have within the Transport Workers' Union's area of
agreement.
SAS has today reached agreement with the Swedish Transport Workers'
Union, after the union had given notice of industrial action on October
11. The agreement will result in increased personnel costs that will
reduce SAS' competitive possibilities in the areas of baggage handling,
ramp services and technical maintenance.
SAS Group CEO Jörgen Lindegaard made the following comment:
"We have succeeded in signing a new collective agreement with 38 out of
39 trade unions to adapt SAS' cost structure to external conditions. On
behalf of SAS employees, I regret that we did not succeed in achieving
such an agreement with the Transport Workers' Union."
SAS Group management is now conducting a review of the operations
included in the new agreement with the Transport Workers' Union. The
consequences of the new agreement could mean the termination or
divestment of certain operations within this area.
In its negotiations with the Transport Workers' Union, SAS submitted a
proposal for a transition to the National Agreement for Civil Aviation.
This industry agreement applies to other airlines and ground handling
companies that are members of the Swedish Air Transport Employers
Association.
SAS offered interim rules for a transition to the National Agreement
that included work hours and compensation for unsociable hours. SAS
management has established that there was no willingness on the part of
the Transport Workers' Union to permit a transition to the National
Agreement that would have resulted in the same conditions for SAS as
other companies have within the Transport Workers' Union's area of
agreement.