Investors divest from Wizz Air over its poor performance on labour rights Danish pension fund Akademiker Pension announced today that they had sold their shares in the London-listed low-cost carrier Wizz Air, after the company failed to convince them that it was taking meaningful actions to address ongoing concerns about how it treats its workers. Livia Spera, General Secretary of the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), commented: “These investors called Wizz Air out for their poor performance back in October 2021, yet it took almost three months for the company to meet them to discuss why Wizz Air does not recognise unions.” News 7 Feb 2022
The rise and the foreseen fall of a Hungarian low-cost carrier trying to build its own European Air Empire / Part II Part II – A Ukrainian story: Coincidence or deliberate action? The idea of having a trade union to represent the air transport workers within Wizz Air in Ukraine began to be shaped by some of the Wizz Air branch crew members in this country in the spring of 2020. Amongst them, Artem and Yuliia. News 18 Jan 2022
The rise and the foreseen fall of a Hungarian low-cost carrier trying to build its own European Air Empire/Part I When life outshines any movie that has ever been made! A story with Romanian and Ukrainian flavours News 17 Jan 2022
For 2022, ETF’s main priority in the maritime sector is to have the fundamental social rights of waterborne transport workers recognized, respected and implemented at the EU level From the ongoing challenge of seafarers, crew members and fishers sometimes being denied emergency medical treatment by port states to the global scandal that is the crew change crisis, waterborne transport workers need proper recognition and a sustainable future. News 14 Jan 2022