Ryanair passengers could face more disruption as workers threaten to strike over pay

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Ryanair passengers could face further disruption this summer as cabin crew threaten to strike amid a dispute over pay. Airline bosses are currently locked in talks with unions in Spain, France, Portugal, Italy and Belgium in a bid to bring the dispute to a close.

Organisations such as SITCPLA and USO have come together to demand better pay for workers, the Mirror reports. Both trade unions say they could be left with “no other option” but to walk if their demands are not met.Bloomberg reports Ryanair walked away from talks with the trade unions on Tuesday.

A spokesperson for SITCPLA said: “We’re coordinated our actions with European counterparts.”USO and STCPLA said in a joint statement that Ryanair lacked commitment to dialogue and accused the airline of acting in bad faith.Negotiations on a collective agreement made “almost made no progress” due to the unions’ “unrealistic demands and refusal to meaningfully engage,” a letter from Ryanair said following the failed talks.It is unclear when the strikes will take place, and how many flights will be impacted.If the Spanish unions go through with their threat, then UK holidaymakers travelling to international destinations may well be impacted.A spokesperson for Ryanair said: “Ryanair has negotiated collective agreements covering 90% of our people across Europe.

In recent months we have been negotiating improvements to those agreements as we work through the Covid recovery phase."Those negotiations are going well and we do not expect widespread disruption this summer."In Spain, we are pleased to have reached a collective agreement with CCOO, Spain’s largest and most representative union, delivering improvements for Spanish-based cabin crew and reinforcing Ryanair’s