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Amsterdam airport offers security workers 20% pay rise -labour union

By:
Reuters
Updated: Oct 6, 2022, 14:21 GMT+00:00

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Amsterdam Schiphol airport is offering security workers a pay rise of 20% on average in a bid to solve ongoing staff shortages, labour union FNV said on Thursday.

A general view of Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Amsterdam Schiphol airport is offering security workers a pay rise of 20% on average in a bid to solve ongoing staff shortages, labour union FNV said on Thursday.

Schiphol, one of Europe’s busiest airports, has been grappling with long passenger queues for months and has cut capacity by almost a fifth until at least March 2023 due to the lack of security staff.

Agreements struck between Schiphol and the two main unions at the airport offer security workers a pay rise of 2.50 euros ($2.46) per hour from November, while nightshift supplements will be increased by 35%.

The Unions and the airport said they would also try to find ways to make workers’ schedules more attractive.

Schiphol has repeatedly asked airlines to scrap flights this year, as lines for security checks stretched onto the streets outside terminal buildings.

KLM, the Dutch arm of airline group Air France-KLM and the main carrier at Schiphol, last week said it had already missed out on more than 100 million euros in ticket sales due to the problems at the airport.

($1 = 1.0158 euros)

(Reporting by Bart Meijer; editing by John Stonestreet, Kirsten Donovan)

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