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Parliamentary question - E-000833/2022Parliamentary question
E-000833/2022

Increasing use of temporary contracts in the aviation sector

Question for written answer  E-000833/2022
to the Commission
Rule 138
Sandra Pereira (The Left)

In a recent document, the European Cabin Crew Association (EurECCA) denounced the increasingly insecure terms of employment of aircrew through the use of temporary employment agencies and intermediaries.

This is a negative development, based on the liberalisation processes and the so-called ‘competition’ in the sector, which the EU has promoted, as well as in a legal framework with loopholes as regards its interpretation, which is particularly prevalent in low-cost airlines, which use this to seek to circumvent national labour legislation and to impose increasingly exploitative practices affecting crews in particular. According to the report, the effects are not only social and labour-related, but also distort competition.

In light of this:

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