Friday, August 19, 2016

TAP proposed salary increase of 0.9%, backdated to January – Express

The land of TAP employees will have this year a salary increase of 0.9%, if they accept the proposal finalized etsa Friday by the company after five years of wage freeze.

Source company told Lusa that an agreement was reached in principle between the company management and the nine unions representing ground staff, which has yet to be ratified by the respective members.

the leader of the Union of Workers Civil Aviation (SITAVA) Paulo Duarte does not have the same perspective, it considered that there is only one company proposal that has to be assessed.

“we met with the company’s management, but nothing is closed, at least the part of Sitava. TAP has submitted a proposal on which the trade unions will have to reflect, “he told Lusa the union.

the proposal TAP provides a wage increase of 0.9% with retroactive to January this year, to about 3,400 ground workers of the company.

TAP has proposed an update of the food allowance from the current 4.68 euros to 6.10 euros, effective in 2017.

the flight personnel are not covered by the salary upgrade, because it had already arrived earlier agreement with the company, said source of TAP.

Luciana Step, the union president national Civil Aviation flight personnel (SNPVAC), told Lusa that the wage increase was denied to the flight crew, who just woke up with the company the phased payment of retroactive annuities, thawed this year.

annuities, the TAP employees acquire on the basis of seniority, were frozen since 2012, pursuant to the wage restraint rules imposed by successive State Budgets, but returned to be paid from January, as though the company was privatized.

for the flight crew, annuities correspond to a percentage of salary, while for ground personnel correspond to a fixed amount, about 15 euros.

President the Civil Aviation Pilots’ Union (SPAC), David Paes confirmed to Lusa that everyone is already receiving annuities and explained that the TAP workers in there are different agendas trading.

“the pilots concluded that there were other issues to address, and which have come to be, before the discussion of Salarias increases. This theme does not cease to be treated by us as the occasion for both parties, “he said.
SPAC also negotiated a gradual replacement of the system of annuities that were lost.

The last salary increase workers TAP occurred in 2010 and was 1.8%.

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