Italian Flight Attendants Strip Off
To Protest Job Losses
Italian flight attendants stripped down to nightgowns to protest job losses, pay cuts and shine the light on the working conditions in the industry. Key points are summarized below.
- Around 50 former Alitalia flight attendants took their uniform off while protesting at the Campidoglio in Rome, CNN reported last week.
- They smeared their makeup and chanted ‘We are Alitalia’. They represented some of the more than 7,000 Alitalia staff who were made redundant by the launch of IT. The attendants said they were also acting in solidarity with retained staff forced to sign ‘humiliating’ new contracts.
- Despite the protest, the new chief of ITA airlines stated that the flight attendants have no reason to complain, telling Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano protesting already-implemented changes was like looking in a rear-view mirror.