- Title: 308 AT Laudamotion Vienna closing
- Date: 22nd May 2020
- Description:The airline Laudamotion is closing its base in Vienna with the loss of 300 jobs The airline Laudamotion gives up its base in Vienna-Schwechat on May 29th. 300 employees lose their jobs. The parent company Ryanair will handle all flight connections. The decision was preceded by a dispute between Ryan-Air boss Michael O'Leary and the Austrian union. Ryanair tried to get a cheaper collective agreement from its subsidiary Laudamotion, but the union refused to sign the contract. Ryan Air boss Michael O'Leary has been threatening to leave the base in Vienna for weeks. Unless the employees are prepared to lose wages. Flight attendants should have only earned 1,000 euros gross. With this, O'Leary provided an ultimatum that was unacceptable to the workforce. In fact, the offer was never meant seriously, the union said. With this, one year after Niki Lauda's death, the last airline he founded is a thing of the past. Shotlist Vienna, 22/05/2020: - VS Laudamotion office Vienna - VS Models of Lauda airplanes - C/U Yellow safety vest with LOGO Laudamotion - VS CEO Laudamotion Gruber talking on mobile phone - SOUNDBITE (GERMAN) Andreas Gruber, CEO Laudamotion: “Laudamotion had already lost over 200 million euros before the Corona crisis. Now there is the Corona crisis in addition, which has hit the aviation sector extremely hard. So of course everyone has to contribute a bit. We negotiated with the airports and our suppliers and also hoped for a small contribution from our employees. We would also have agreed with our employees and the Chamber of Commerce. The company stands by it. Unfortunately, the union did not agree, which means that these jobs in Austria will be destroyed.” - SOUNDBITE (GERMAN) Roman Hebenstreit, head union VIDA: “In fact, they have never had serious talks with us or with the employment service. So what happened is dramatic. It shakes us very much how unscrupulous is done on the back of the workers. This is flawless blackmail. How should we as a trade union, in the interests of the employees, have signed a collective contract with gross wages of EUR 1,000 for 40 hours of shift work? This is anything but a serious offer.” - FILE (04/2020): - VS Laudamotion airplanes on airport Vienna-Schwechat - VS Ryanair airplane on airport Vienna-Schwechat
- Collection: ORF
- Genre:News
- Producer:ORF
- Transmission Date:22/05/2020
- Decade: 2020s