After a day of negotiations, the management agreed to significantly increase wages for 2023 and the unions withdrew their threat to file a strike notice for the end of the year holidays. Conclusion: the hostesses and stewards of easyJet France will not strike at Christmas. “The management came back to us with a new proposal that we could not refuse,” said Wednesday the union representative of the SNPNC which represents cabin crew (PNC), William Bourdon.
The French subsidiary of easyJet finally agreed to increase the base salary of cabin crew members by 7.5% and the variable parts by 3.5% in 2023, detailed William Bourdon. It will also pay a “Macron bonus” of 3,000 euros to all the hostesses and stewards.
His counterpart from Unac, Gaël Leloup, confirmed that he had also signed the agreement after consulting the members of his union who responded favorably to 70%. He nevertheless deplored the absence of measures concerning career advancement and seniority, one of the main demands of Unac.
At Air France, a call for a strike from December 22 to January 2
At the end of November, the mandatory annual negotiations (NAO) ended in failure, leading the SNPNC and Unac to brandish the threat of a strike during the end-of-year holidays. The unions demanded measures at least equal to inflation, or around 6%, especially since at the same time, “the company chose to change insurers on our health insurance”, recalled William Bourdon at the end of November. .
The salary increases proposed did not cover the increase in contributions induced by this change, which is now the case according to this delegate.
Other companies remain threatened by strikes during the end of year celebrations, such as Air France where two PNC unions are calling for a strike from December 22 to January 2, in full renegotiation of the agreement governing their working conditions.