Unions look for more say in management at Aeroflot

Published: 3/22/2000

In yet another confrontation with Aeroflot management, trade union leader, Sergey Plevako, has announced that Aeroflot should have included the right of trade unions to propose their own candidates for the airline's management in the agenda of the forthcoming AGM. According to Plevako, Federal law relating to trade unions gives them certain rights that the airline has been reluctant to follow. He claims that, if the unions had representatives in management, they could defend trade unions' rights in the company. Additionally, it would reassure employees that their interests would be defended in the future. Plevako has been a thorn in the side of the Aeroflot management side for some time and recent developments in the battle for control have made him a great deal bolder in his criticism. The possibility of the unions having more say in the company should not, however, be treated lightly. Plevako believes, as do many of his colleagues, that the changes at the airline over the last two years have been detrimental and he would like to reverse them: particularly the use of foreign aircraft, the introduction of which they regard as a corrupt plot. As always, Plevako ends his remarks with the threat that an unhappy workforce is potentially an unsafe one!

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