Due to a Strike by KLM Ground Staff, Dishes of Flights Will Be Canceled on Wednesday. Employees who load and unloading luggage, move aircraft, or assist passengers will stop working for four hours on Wednesday Morning, Preventing Many Aircraft from Departing.
The Cancellations can be Seen on the Schiphol website. KLM SAYS IT is Still Assessing the Precise Impact of the Action and Does Not Yet Want to Share Numbers.
Unions CNV and FNV also organized a strike at the airline’s ground staff last Wednesday. At that time, KLM Canceled More than a hundred flights duration a two-hour work stoppage by ground staff. That strike affected 27,000 passengers.
The Unions Want More Permanent Jobs, Maintaining Purchasing Power, and a Heavy Work Scheme for All Heavy Occupations. In May, The Unions, Already Set KLM an Ultimatum, But It Expired Without Result.
KLM HAS NOW REACHED An Agreement With Three Other Unions: VKP, NVLT and De Unie. This Agreement States, Among Other Things, That Wages Will Increase by 2.25 percent between October 2025 and the end of 2026. But CNV and FNV REFUUSED to JOIN THAT AREAGEMENT. Accordance to the unions, The Purchasing Power of the Fourteen Thousand KLM Employees is Actually Declining Due to the Agreement.
CNV and FNV Therefore Want to Exert Pressure Again. Another Work Stoppage is Scheduled for Next Wednesday from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm.
The Unions had PreviOutly Threateed Strikes. That was banned twice by the court, partly because the strikes would coincide with the nato summit.