- Title: 327 Austria Laudamotion protest
- Date: 2nd June 2020
- Description:Laudamotion pilots and flight attendants protest against closure of the base in Vienna 150 pilots and flight attendants of the airline Laudamotion demonstrated today in Vienna. Their protest is against the VIDA union, which did not want to sign the new, cheaper collective agreement last week. The union's reason for refusing: flight attendant salaries would be below the poverty line. However, many of those affected would have suffered the financial losses for fear of their jobs. As the negotiations between union and chamber of commerce concerning a new collective agreement broke last week, the demonstrators want the negotiators to return to the negotiating table. The union has signaled willingness to talk. Ryanair's new ultimatum: There is time for renegotiations until Thursday. A failure of the negotiations would mean the closure of the base in Vienna-Schwechat. With the closure, one year after Niki Lauda's death, the last airline he founded would be a thing of the past. Shotlist Vienna, 2.6.2020: - VS Pilots and flights attendants protesting with posters (wearing masks) - VS Pilots and flight attendants with their children protesting at Vienna Town Hall Square VS posters “Fair play for Lauda”, “Do not cut our wings” TC 00:24 SOUNDBITE (GERMAN) Nicole Rodler, flight attendant Laudamotion: “I think most people who are based at Laudamotion Vienna want to stay in Vienna. And they would put up with that [the financial losses].” - VS Pilot holding poster “Menschen haben ein Recht auf Arbeit“ (GERMAN for „People have a right to work“) - VS Little girl holding poster „Mein Papa soll Pilot bleiben” (GERMAN for “My daddy wants to stay pilot”) TC 00:35 SOUNDBITE (GERMAN) Thomas Gurgiser, pilot Laudamotion: “In Europe, there are no jobs in aviation at the moment. If we lose our job, we become long-term unemployed.” TC 00:42 SOUNDBITE (GERMAN) Claudia Harold-Blum: “Now it's all about. It was and is - in my opinion - our last chance.” - VS Pilots protesting with a poster “Arbeitsplätze retten statt vernichten“ (GERMAN for „Saving jobs instead of destroying them“) - VS Pilots and flight attendants doing protest march
- Collection: ORF
- Genre:News
- Producer:ORF
- Transmission Date:02/06/2020
- Decade: 2020s