Ryanair Irish pilot union requests mediation as pay talks 'exhausted'

Reuters

Published Oct 19, 2022 14:12

Updated Oct 19, 2022 17:07

DUBLIN (Reuters) -Talks between Ryanair (LON:RYA) and its main Irish pilot union over the restoration of COVID-19 pay cuts have been "exhausted", the Forsa union said on Twitter on Wednesday, adding that it had asked the country's Workplace Relations Commission to mediate.

Ryanair said in a statement that over 85% of its pilots were now covered by deals including "long-term pay agreements including accelerated pay restoration and ongoing pay increases" and it blamed Forsa for the impasse.

"Ryanair has no difficulty with third party mediation but that cannot be a substitute for genuine and meaningful negotiations between the company and the union," the statement said.