He air traffic controllers unionknown as the Association of Aircraft Protection and Safety Technicians and Employees (ATEPSA), announced this Wednesday that it reached a salary agreementso it will suspend the force measures that were planned for June.
“After the joint meeting established between ATEPSA and EANA SE we have reached an agreement. Therefore, we inform that Legitimate union action measures are suspended scheduled for the month of June, for which the provision of Air Navigation Services will be carried out in a normal way“, they expressed through a statement.
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The union had announced a series of strikes that would last for 18 days in the month of June. These force measures – lasting between three and six hours per day – responded to the demand for salary increases. Now, after the agreement, the union members backed off with the plan to interrupt the service.
Strike of air traffic controllers: they lift the force measures that were planned for this month. (Photo: NA)
ATEPSA has between 1000 and 1200 members spread across the 54 airports in operation in the country, covering both air traffic controllers and other workers in the technical area. Unlike other aeronautical unions that are linked to Aerolíneas Argentinas, ATEPSA affiliates depend on the state company Argentine Air Navigation Company (EANA)created during the administration of Mauricio Macri and currently directed by Agustín Rodríguez Grellet.
“This information is important if you had a trip scheduled for June, especially because of the two long weekends“explained the journalist Sofia Terrile in the air of TN. “The strike began this Sunday at 8 p.m. and at first it only affected international flights, but then they decided that it would also impact local flights. In the country’s 54 airports, that strike announced the state of chaos,” he added.
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