Ryanair and unions
The Irish airline Ryanair recognises several pilot unions, while it has more limited recognition of cabin-crew and on ground staff. In 2017, Ryanair reversed its long time anti-union stance and recognized pilot unions for the first time.{{Cite web |last=Topham |first=Gwyn |date=2017-12-15 |title=Ryanair to recognise unions to prevent pilots' strike before Christmas |url=http://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/dec/15/ryanair-to-recognise-unions-in-historic-shift-to-stop-christmas-strike-by-pilots |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite journal |last1=Golden |first1=Darragh |last2=Erne |first2=Roland |date=2022-05-06 |title=Ryanair pilots: Unlikely pioneers of transnational collective action |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09596801221094740 |journal=European Journal of Industrial Relations |language=en |volume=28 |issue=4 |pages=451–469 |doi=10.1177/09596801221094740 |s2cid=248589630 |issn=0959-6801|doi-access=free }}
Ireland
Ryanair faced down Irish trade unions on multiple occasions. In the 1990s against SIPTU after a strike in Dublin Airport, and in a landmark ruling "Ryanair v. The Labour Court", the court determined Ryanair had a right to operate a non-union company.
In 2022 Ryanair announced a tentative collective agreement with pilots union Fórsa union.{{Cite news |date=2022-12-20 |title=Ryanair agrees four-year pay deal with Irish pilots union |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/ryanair-agrees-pay-deal-with-irish-pilot-union-2022-12-20/ |access-date=2023-02-18}}
Belgium
In 2011, Belgium cabin-crew members of Ryanair sued in local court, demanding that Ryanair observe Belgian labour laws instead of Irish labour laws, the country of the headquarters.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}}
Italy
In August 2018, Ryanair signed its first agreement with Italian pilot union ANPAC.{{Cite web |last=Armstrong |first=Mark |date=2018-08-28 |title=Ryanair reaches first collective labour agreement |url=https://www.euronews.com/2018/08/28/ryanair-reaches-agreement-with-italian-union |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=EuroNews |language=en}}
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