Employees of one of the largest air corporations Airbus announced a strike in response to the plans of the management to dismiss 15 thousand employees because of the crisis caused by the pandemic COVID-19. About it reports Reuters.
As noted by the representatives of trade Union, measures Airbus-related business restructuring and massive cuts are “excessive” — the company delivers a terrible example by their actions to the suppliers. According to the Agency, joined to eight thousand workers. The strikers planned to March along one of the runways at the airport Toulouse-Blagnac (France).
In response to a request for comment on the protest movement, representatives of Airbus referred to the statement by the Director General Guillaume Fori, published at the end of June. According to him, the transportation sector was faced with a severe crisis in its history. The company has committed itself to mitigating the social consequences of the adopted plan.
The pandemic coronavirus Airbus was on the verge of survival. During the 2020-2021 years the company will reduce volumes of production and deliveries by 40 percent. In particular, it is planned to produce up to 40 aircraft best-selling A320 series in a month, but at the end of 2019, the parties discussed the production increase from 60 to 63 aircraft.
Experts believe that in the future airlines will have to abandon the large passenger aircraft. We are talking about two major new Airliners, the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-400.
