SAS Danish crew union says expects 300 job cuts

Mon Jul 6, 2009 3:01am EDT
 
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COPENHAGEN, July 6 (Reuters) - A Danish airline workers' union said on Monday it failed to win agreement on concessions offered in talks with Scandinavian airline SAS (SAS.ST), and that it expected more than 300 job cuts.

The HK Luftfart union had offered to take five days off without pay to avoid job cuts, but it said in a statement that the offer had not satisfied SAS management.

"Unfortunately we fear that there will be more than 300 fewer colleagues in SAS," HK Luftfart chairman Nicholas Fischer said in the statement. "So far, so bad."

The union said the reductions were likely to consist of about 70 jobs in SAS Denmark, 50 jobs in SAS ground services and the rest from outsourcing of various activities. (Reporting by John Acher; Editing by Hans Peters)

 

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