Thomsonfly cabin crew set to consider strike action
January 29, 2008More than 1,500 cabin crew working for Thomsonfly are set to consider voting for industrial action due to fears over possible compulsory redundancies.
The trade union Unite has organised a vote tomorrow (January 30) for all Thomsonfly's 1,700 cabin crew to gauge support for a full strike ballot.
According to the union, Thomsonfly staff are concerned about their job security in the wake of the airline's imminent merger with TUI Travel, after the latter announced it would be closing 100 of its UK travel stores.
"It is the failure of the airline to categorically rule out compulsory redundancies over a long period which has tried the patience of union negotiators," Unite's regional industrial organiser, Kevin Hall, said.
"Cabin crew, who are employed by Thomson and not yet by TUI Travel, have been concerned to see today's announcement about redundancies in the travel shops."
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