In a statement to members, to which Lusa had access, the union structure said that, at the Directorate-General for Employment and Labour Relations (DGERT), "a meeting was held with a view to negotiating an agreement on minimum services".

According to the union, the proposal for minimum services presented by easyJet is "manifestly disproportionate and in violation of the constitutional principle of the right to strike".

Thus, it stated, "of the 308 flights scheduled for the 15th, 16th and 17th of August, easyJet has already cancelled 164 flights (53%)", leaving "144 flights, of which easyJet is proposing 124 for minimum services - 86%".

For the SNPVAC, "to describe this number of flights requested by easyJet as minimum services is clearly exaggerated", adding that, with regard to passenger rights, "easyJet is the first not to defend its interests, due to the various cancellations that we see daily due to lack of crew or excessive working hours".

The union stated that "the main argument of the loss of connecting flights on the days of the strike is easily refuted by the number of alternative flights available, offered by other companies", denying that the duration of the strike "is excessive or too long (3 days) considering that the IATA summer period is counted from 1st April to 31st October".

The SNPVAC also said that "easyJet has always claimed, as an argument for not offering a rotation of stopovers at Christmas, that all days of the year are equal operational days and with the same value", stating that it does not understand "the different treatment that it now alleges in relation to passengers".

"Therefore, the safeguard of the right to travel/movement cannot be transformed into a limit that nullifies the exercise of a strike", it stressed, stating that it relies on "the reasonableness of the entities responsible for granting the minimum services, and the SNPVAC does not give up all the means available to it as a form of protest in defense of the best interests" of its members.

The union called for a three-day strike by cabin crew at easyJet, between 15 and 17 August, accusing the company of ignoring the various attempts to resolve labor issues.

The strike was approved at a general meeting, with 99% of votes in favour.

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