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Make Hale Road safe call

Sep 30, 2022By UNITElive

Leading trade union, Unite, has on Friday (September 30) called on Liverpool City council to act without delay to address the hazardous conditions on the city’s Hale Road. The move follows the recent death of a much-loved union member, Cinzia Ceravolo, who, in August, was killed trying to cross Hale Road on her journey home […]

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Sep 30, 2022UNITElive

Ryanair deal secured

Jul 9, 2020By UNITElive

Unite, the principal aviation union, has secured an agreement with Ryanair which will result in no job losses among cabin crew at the airline. The union has hailed the airline’s…Read more…

Jul 9, 2020UNITElive

‘Another premature announcement’  

May 1, 2020By UNITElive

“The statement by Ryanair, which follows hot on the heels of the British Airways announcement, further underlines why it is absolutely imperative that the UK works with all relevant stakeholders to…Read more…

May 1, 2020UNITElive

Ryanair pay victory

Feb 6, 2020By UNITElive

Unite has secured an inflation busting pay deal for Ryanair cabin crew.   Senior cabin crew who are employed directly by Ryanair will see their pay rise dramatically, customer service…Read more…

Feb 6, 2020UNITElive

Newham Fabians on local Housing

Sep 19, 2019By John's Labour blog

This evening I came back from attending the Ryanair AGM in Dublin (will post further on this) to go and attend the meeting of Newham Fabians and speak on my role as the Cabinet lead on housing.

More people arrived after the start and it was good to ha…Read more…

Sep 19, 2019John's Labour blog

Shareholders vs Ryanair: Gone-derman

Feb 5, 2019By Labour And Capital

I think that’s called a win:Having agreed this group strategy as the best way to grow Ryanair, Sun, Lauda and other possible airline brands, Michael O’Leary has agreed a new 5 year contract as Group CEO, which secures his services for the group until a…Read more…

Feb 5, 2019Labour And Capital

Shareholders vs Ryanair

Jan 31, 2019By Labour And Capital

Interesting snippet from the Investor Forum annual report:

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Jan 31, 2019Labour And Capital

Major shareholder turns against Ryanair board

Dec 2, 2018By Labour And Capital

Just a quickie, but I spotted last week that Baillie Gifford had voted against the re-election of both David Bonderman (chair) and Kyran McLaughlin (SID) at the Ryanair AGM in September.

Why does that matter? Because Baillie Gifford is a large (4%) a…Read more…

Dec 2, 2018Labour And Capital

Union research shows support for Ryanair chairman even lower than reported

Nov 1, 2018By Labour And Capital

Union research shows support for Ryanair chairman even lower than reportedShareholder support for Ryanair chairman David Bonderman at the company’s recent AGM was even lower than reported, new research by trade union groups shows.29/10/2018The Internat…Read more…

Nov 1, 2018Labour And Capital

Just one more thing about Ryanair….

Sep 30, 2018By Labour And Capital

I can see that there were at least a couple of asset managers that did not vote against either David Bonderman as chairman or Kryan McLaughlin as senior independent director. And reasons given for this are that they expect the company to make changes a…Read more…

Sep 30, 2018Labour And Capital

Ryanair AGM in charts…

Sep 23, 2018By Labour And Capital

Just a bit of fun, but I’ve put together a few bits and pieces that put the vote on David Bonderman’s re-election of chair of Ryanair in context.

To calculate the stats I’ve used the full AGM results distributed by the company, and stripped out Bonder…Read more…

Sep 23, 2018Labour And Capital

Ryanair AGM

Sep 16, 2018By Labour And Capital

As most people will be aware, Ryanair has its AGM this week, and there is quite a bit of interest in what might happen, particularly in relation to the chairman.

These things are impossible to call in advance. The only thing we really know is the base…Read more…

Sep 16, 2018Labour And Capital

‘Change is possible’

Sep 11, 2018By UNITElive

Highlighting the fight of Ryanair workers in their historic bid for union recognition, Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland spoke in support of a motion yesterday (September 10) on…Read more…

Sep 11, 2018UNITElive

Unions call for Ryanair chairman to go

Sep 4, 2018By Labour And Capital

ITF and ETF call for new Ryanair chairmanThe International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) are calling for shareholders to oppose the re-election of Ryanair chairman David Bonderman and overhaul the …Read more…

Sep 4, 2018Labour And Capital

Short stuff

Jul 21, 2018By Labour And Capital

Like everyone does, I spent a bit of my spare time yesterday having a quick trawl through the FCA’s list of disclosed short positions. Quite often these fishing trips end up leaving me empty handed, but this time I stumbled on something interesting.

I…Read more…

Jul 21, 2018Labour And Capital

Ryanair: just a bit of fun

Jul 17, 2018By Labour And Capital

I dug the stats out of the Ryanair annual reports when it used to disclose the split between direct hire and agency flight crew. The first graph has the real data, the second includes projected numbers for 2012-2017 if the direct hires stayed at the sa…Read more…

Jul 17, 2018Labour And Capital

Ryanair & employment-related disclosures

Jul 12, 2018By Labour And Capital

As a lot of people in my world know, there are a number of initiatives underway to try to improve disclosure by companies of information related to employment practices. This is in response to blow-ups at a number of companies that have had controversi…Read more…

Jul 12, 2018Labour And Capital

‘Historic agreement’

Jun 11, 2018By UNITElive

In a major victory, Ryanair has signed an recognition agreement with Unite, which represents nearly 700 cabin crew directly employed by the budget airline.   Ryanair’s UK cabin crew will for the…Read more…

Jun 11, 2018UNITElive

Ryanair: ownership and control

May 21, 2018By Labour And Capital

Ryanair’s latest results are out today. Aside from the update on negotiations on unions, which I won’t comment on…, the bit that caught my eye is the commentary on Brexit and the potential knock-on impact on Ryanair’s shareholders:
We remain concerne…Read more…

May 21, 2018Labour And Capital

ECJ ruling challenges Ryanair’s employment model

Sep 14, 2017By Labour And Capital

Today saw a highly important by the ECJ relating to low-cost airline Ryanair. As many people will know* Ryanair is anti-union. It also relies on extensive use of indirect employment, with many cabin crew employed by agencies like Crewlink, whilst many …Read more…

Sep 14, 2017Labour And Capital
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