Helsinki, October 7, 2014

The Finnish Cabin Crew Union (SLSY) announced on Monday, October 6th, that it has voted in favour of a settlement proposal in the prolonged row over wages with Finnair. 

 The settlement will enable the struggling airline to all but meet its original savings target of 18 million euros, when the savings arising from its earlier decision to outsource cabin crew services on certain long-haul routes are also take into account, highlighted Anu Hietala of SLSY.

Although the settlement will not affect the base pay of flight attendants, it includes cuts in additional incentives that translate to a seven per cent reduction in overall wages. In addition, the flight attendants have agreed to work an additional 15 hours a month without separate compensation. 

“Now our wages, duty schedule and other obstacles that have prevented this company from ascending no longer exist,” Thelma Åkers, the chairperson of SLSY, snorted outside her home in Paloheinä, Helsinki, on Monday evening. 

“Under such circumstances, you must be satisfied that [an agreement] was reached.”

According to Åkers, it was of utmost importance to the flight attendants that they were granted a four-year protection against outsourcing and two-year protection against unilateral dismissal.
/RLU

Source: www.helsinkitimes.fi