Ryanair pilots bollot on four-year pay agreement
(WorldNews Business)

Ryanair pilots and cabin crew are balloting on four-year pay agreements negotiated with their union Forsa providing for pay cuts and work practice reforms in return for reducing the number of redundancies triggered by the Covid-19 emergency. According to the specialist journal "Industrial Relations News", the proposed "Emergency Agreement in Response to Covid-19 Crisis" deal which runs until 1 July 2024 seeks to avert up to 120 redundancies among directly-employed pilots. However, pilots would have to accept a 20% pay cut which would be restored in full over the four year life-time of the agreement, as well as certain productivity improvements. Ryanair undertakes to...