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The Ministry of Infrastructure today welcomed the conclusion of emergency agreements with the majority of the unions that represent TAP SA. “These agreements are fundamental for the present survival and for the future sustainability of the company,” according to a statement from the ministry released this Monday, February 8.
The tutelage of Pedro Nuno Santos highlights that the TAP group “is going through an extremely difficult time from an operational and financial point of view, as a consequence of the national and international restrictive measures to respond to the pandemic. Added to these present difficulties are future challenges, which arise from the need for the company to implement, over the next four years, a demanding Restructuring Plan, the final version of which is currently being negotiated with the European Commission and which will entail a resizing . of the company, with an impact on the volume of the fleet and the number of workers ”.
The “intense negotiations” took place in recent weeks between the Government, the management of TAP SA and the unions of the company “in the sense of reaching emergency agreements to be in force in 2024, or until the celebration and implementation of new agreements between the parties ”.
“These negotiations resulted in the signing of 6 emergency agreements with 15 union structures, covering Pilots, Cabin Crew and Ground Personnel, including civil aviation and airport workers, aircraft maintenance, metallurgists and related workers, aviation personnel. commercial, civil aviation workers, economists, management technicians, among others ”, according to the guardianship.
The ministry points out that some of the agreements “will only come into effect later, and in case they deserve the agreement of the associated workers.”
The agreements are fundamentally aimed at “reducing the salary level and on voluntary measures, such as part-time work, the revocation of employment contracts, early retirements and early retirement agreements, and are compatible with the economic objectives established in the Plan of work . Restructuring “.
“There is full awareness that the measures provided for in the agreements are very harsh for the workers of TAP SA, and that the agreements could not have been reached without the understanding demonstrated by the unions in relation to the extremely difficult situation the company is going through. ”, According to the statement.
“To the unions and workers who have proven to be at the height of the historical moment that the company is going through, MIH leaves a sincere word of recognition for the enormous effort that they have shown to be willing to make for the present and future of TAP SA and to the preservation of as many jobs as possible. The sacrifices will be made on behalf of TAP SA, its workers, the country and the national economy, and it is up to all of us – shareholders, management and workers – to show, in the coming years, that they were worth it. “, To read.
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