It seems IAG are hell bent on making the savings it wants to get Iberia back in the black, and are planning to make 3807 staff after failing to agree with the unions overt the cut.
Iberia have been trimming down the numbers it wants to cut in an attempt to make the carrier profitable again – and are is in the process of cutting routes, creating a lower cost carrier, and unfortunately, cutting jobs.
Iberia and IAG have tried to negotiate with the Unions, and it seems neither side want to agree. On 31st January, Ibera released a plan to trim 3147 jobs via early redundancies, pay cuts and no job losses – this is not to be.
The workers, represented by the CCOO, UGT, USO, ASETMA, CTA-Flight and SITCPLA as well as the SEPLA pilots union, immediately announced strike plans.
The latest action by Iberia seems to be taken directly by the management, targeting 3807 employees who will be at risk at redundancy, with the paper handed over to the unions and the 30 day consultancy period will be initiated.
Iberia claims that pay cuts, along with new productivity and mobility clauses, will keep the number of redundancies to a minimum.
Meanwhile, rearing up is a major Iberia strike is coming with 15 days of strikes to commence in February and March.
The dates are:
- 18th February to 22th February
- 4th March to 8th March
- 18th March to 22nd March
This is only going one way – the ugly way. Whilst strike dates have not been confirmed, its a big cloud over the airline which is bleeding cash, and is in need of some care.