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Ryanairdontcare Campaign need to tell viewers to this blog how Ryanair have tried to SPIN this great Article below by Sophie Growcoot and she is from Liverpool..
Look at what Ryanair were up to with the Liverpool Echo who should be ashamed of being involved as more Liverpudlian young people being exploited....
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Ryanairdontcare Campaign wish to thank Sophie Growcoot from Liverpool for telling her story on how Ryanair have exploited her....
The exploitation is much more than what is told in this article below but it is a great start from Sophie.
Many young people will see Sophie's story and not join Ryanair as cabin crew ''GREAT''....Article below from
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/join-ryanair-see-the-world-but-well-only-pay-you-for-nine-months-a-year-8619897.html
They tend to look pretty miserable, and now perhaps we will
understand why. A former member of Ryanair's cabin crew has blown the
whistle on the conditions of work at Europe's largest budget airline.
Sophie Growcoot contacted her local MP to reveal that her employment contract with Crewlink, a contractor for Ryanair:
*
Forced her to take three months compulsory unpaid leave a year – in the
quiet winter months – during which she would be forbidden to take
another job but receive no money.
* Made her pay £360 for a Ryanair uniform. She had to pay another £1,800 towards a mandatory safety course.
*
Only paid her for the hours that she was actually "in the air". She was
not paid for pre-flight briefings, turnaround time between flights,
sales meetings and time on the ground due to delays and flight
cancellations. The hourly flying rate was just £13.07 an hour with no
contractual review for three years.
* Paid her for only four days
work a week. On the fifth she was expected to be on call and to turn up
for work with an hour's notice. Standby days were not paid unless she
was called in to work.
On one occasion, the 20-year-old from
Liverpool said she was on standby when she was called at 4am and asked
to come in to work for a flight from Liverpool to Dublin. She paid £10
to get a taxi to the airport because there was no public transport. But
when she arrived, the flight was cancelled because so few passengers
were booked on it. Ms Growcoot claimed she was sent home without payment
or even an apology.
Raising the issue in the House of Commons,
Luciana Berger accused the company of "ruthlessly" exploiting staff and
helping the company achieve record profits of nearly half a billion
pounds. She also accused the Ryanair chief executive, Michael O'Leary,
of profiting on the backs of poorly treated staff.
"This is
exploitation by Ryanair – pure and simple," she said. "It's outrageous
that an airline that reported record profits last year doesn't pay its
staff for all the time they are at work. How can Michael O'Leary think
it is fair or acceptable for his company to be profiting on the backs of
exploited cabin crew like Sophie?"
Ms Growcoot told
The Independent
she felt she had been "lured" into signing her employment contract with
Crewlink, which supplies Ryanair's cabin crews, without being told the
full details.
"I was really excited about joining Ryanair's cabin
crew at first, but it was a total nightmare," she said. "I couldn't
believe it when I learnt I wouldn't be paid for all the time I was
working.
"We'd be paid only when the wheels were moving, so I
didn't get a penny for turnaround between flights or the hours when
flights were delayed or cancelled.
"The recruiters knew exactly
what they were doing. The charges kept getting bigger and bigger, but I
couldn't say no as there aren't any other jobs out there. I felt
completely trapped." A copy of Ms Growcoot's contract, seen by
The Independent,
appears to back her claims. In addition, it states that should an
employee leave within the first 15 months of employment, they would be
liable for a €200 administration fee.
Daily Mail Article Below..
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2326003/Ryanair-air-hostess-blows-whistle-contract-staff-forced-months-unpaid-leave-buy-uniforms.html
John said,
A very Big Thank you Sophie...Thank you Thank you Thank you...
''Doomed To Fail'' Michael....
''BOYCOTT RYANAIR NOW''
Liverpool Echo visit soon...
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