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Polish gov’t agrees pay deal with air traffic controllers

29.06.2022 21:30
Poland’s government has reached an agreement on pay and conditions with air traffic controllers, officials said on Wednesday. 
Polands government has reached an agreement on pay and conditions with air traffic controllers, preventing a potential disruption to air travel, officials said on Wednesday.
Poland’s government has reached an agreement on pay and conditions with air traffic controllers, preventing a potential disruption to air travel, officials said on Wednesday.Twitter/PANSA

The deal was announced by Aneta Oksiuta, CEO of the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA), state news agency PAP reported.

Oksiuta told a news conference: “We have reached an agreement with the air-traffic controllers’ trade union (ZZKRL) on changes to pay and work rules. We have also concluded social consultation of both documents.”

She added: “We have accepted 24 demands on security in the broad sense and we are gradually implementing them.” 

According to Oksiuta, the agreement is "a first step toward ensuring a stable functioning of the agency." 

Oksiuta was accompanied at the news conference by Tomasz Tomala, a top aide to Infrastructure Minister Andrzej Adamczyk.

'No danger of disruption to air traffic'

Tomala said: “There is no danger of disruption to air traffic over Poland. All the aviation operations will be handled by air traffic controllers.”

He added: “The terms, which have been agreed by both sides, and by the infrastructure minister, are within the financial means of the agency.” 

In late April, PANSA signed a short-term deal with air traffic controllers that was due to expire on July 10. 

It came after weeks of negotiations on security arrangements, pay and conditions, according to officials.

(pm/gs)

Source: PAPpansa.pl