Member Mail 6 / 2020
Coronavirus: Exceptional Situation III
Dear Colleagues
Our country is still in a state of emergency. Nobody knows when the crisis is going to end. Right now, the most important thing is to protect people from serious illness and its consequences. At the same time, it is crucial to maintain their buying power. This is the only way to prevent a complete economic breakdown and to ensure that all aspects of life – be they social or economic – can go back to normal as soon as possible.
The situation in the aviation industry remains problematic. We share the worldwide demands of our international umbrella organisations ITF (www.itfglobal.org) and ETF (www.etf-europe.org):
- Health protection
- Preservation of workplaces
- Wage protection
- Protection of infrastructure
Together with other Swiss unions, we have submitted a letter to the Federal Council on 20 March 2020, demanding the following:
We ask you for temporary financial support of the aviation industry to ensure its survival of the crisis. After the storm, the industry must be able to reconnect Switzerland to the world and contribute to the country’s economic success again.
The government’s aid package is currently being refined. We ask the public authorities (federal and/or cantonal government) to add emergency supplementary funds to the aid package in order to preserve the system. The goal is to reach 100% pay in case of short-time work, unemployment, or loss of salary caused by the corona crisis (this could be limited to wages up to CHF 7’000 per month, for example).
Many companies in the aviation industry strive to answer employees’ questions with offensive communication strategies.
In this time of crisis, we are here to defend the interests of our members.
Many questions concerning labour legislation can be found online at https://sev-online.ch/de/aktuell/kontakt.sev/2020/sev-info-zum-coronavirus-deine-rechte-unsere-forderungen/ (in German/French/Italian). We are also happy to provide personal information.
Contact us with your enquiry:
Regula Pauli, Union Secretary SEV, Enable JavaScript to view protected content.,
+41 79 464 37 32, Focus: Swissport Zurich
Markus Cadosch, Union Secretary SEV, Enable JavaScript to view protected content., +41 79 467 14 63, Focus: Swiss
Pablo Guarino, Union Secretary SEV, Enable JavaScript to view protected content.,
+41 76 822 37 15, Focus: Swissport Geneva, Swiss Geneva, Geneva Airport
Philipp Hadorn, SEV-GATA President & Union Secretary SEV, Enable JavaScript to view protected content., +41 79 600 96 70, Focus: Swiss, Aviation (General)
For administrative questions: Ariane Mose, Enable JavaScript to view protected content., +41 31 357 57 46
Our executive committee members:
Dominik Fischer, Vice President SEV-GATA, Enable JavaScript to view protected content., +34 655 511 074, MA Swiss
Andreas Breker, Enable JavaScript to view protected content., +49 160 953 06 520, MA Swiss (retired)
Thomas Blum, Enable JavaScript to view protected content., +41 76 489 44 46, MA Swissport Zurich
Bert Charles Füller, Enable JavaScript to view protected content., +41 79 880 15 45, MA Swiss (Technics)
Andreas Marti, Enable JavaScript to view protected content., +41 79 402 13 27, MA Swissport Zurich
Our trusted representatives at Swiss in Zurich:
Matthias Claus, Enable JavaScript to view protected content., +41 76 246 78 34
Sandra Häfeli, Enable JavaScript to view protected content., +41 79 541 07 04
Jeffrey Kast, Enable JavaScript to view protected content., +41 79 419 99 25
Thomas Krause, Enable JavaScript to view protected content., +41 79 843 46 25
Your union SEV-GATA is at your side, particularly in times of crisis!
«Stay healthy!»
Kind regards,
Philipp Hadorn, President
SEV-GATA, your union in the aviation industry!
Philipp Hadorn, President GATA: SEV-Aviation
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