Striking SAS cabin crew resumes work
Xinhua, March 3, 2015 Adjust font size:
Cabin crew of Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) on Monday resumed work after almost four days' strike.
"Almost all Danish cabin crews have signed up for service in SAS after the weekend's strike. It is gratifying and means that customers can soon look forward to normal traffic," SAS said in a press release.
The cabin personnel called off their strike shortly before an ultimatum asking them to go back to work or be fired.
On Sunday, SAS sent notice to cabin personnel that they would be fired unless they return to their jobs by noon Monday.
"The illegal work stoppage has negative societal and economic consequences. Therefore, it is necessary that SAS, as a responsible company, takes further steps to normalize operations for the sake of our customers and employees," the airline said.
The work stoppage began on Friday after SAS informed employees of its plan to transfer some 140 members of its cabin crew staff to the cheaper collective bargaining agreement of the recently-acquired Cimber airline.
More than 100 SAS flights were cancelled in and out of Copenhagen Airport due to the walkout.
SAS said air traffic is expected to be return to normal from Wednesday. Endit