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According to the high court, the performance of Avianca caused the mass withdrawal of pilots from the union causing “certain damages” to the pilots’ union.
According to El Espectador, the decision was made after the Labor Chamber of the court reviewed a cassation appeal filed by Acdac. At that point, it was determined that the company engaged in “anti-union behavior.”
Citing the organization, Semana highlights that, during the Acdac strike, Avianca sought to “diminish the power of the union organization, through offering workers better economic guarantees“.
The publication states that Iván Mauricio Lenis, magistrate speaker, assured that the signature appealed to handouts, benefits and indirect pressure measures to shrink the union.
“They turn to the economic need of the workers, force them to withdraw from the union and violate the right of union association,” says one of the sections highlighted by the speaker.
The weekly cites two specific cases about these undue pressures. It is about the episodes related to Avianca pilots Jorge Mario Medina and Carlos Eduardo Guzmán Ghissays.
Semana points out that this pressure made 210 members of Acdac will defect who worked at Avianca. In fact, in total, there was a affiliate reduction of almost 70%.
The airline, quoted by El Espectador, assures that it has not yet been notified about the failure. However, she said. “It will abide by what the courts dictate.”
The news about this fine is known after Avianca revealed what the International flights available to travel from Monday.
The airline will gradually resume its operations to other countries from Colombia and will begin with flights to Miami and New York.
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