Union warns US private equity giant over easyJet jobs following £5.7bn takeover
The union Unite has warned private equity firm Apollo that its £5.7bn takeover of easyJet, which is Bristol Airport's largest operator, must protect jobs and union agreements.
The airline accepted Apollo's offer last week, prompting concern over the future of easyJet's 19,000 employees.
easyJet employs more than 650 crew members at its base in Bristol Airport, which is its largest outside of London.
Unite represents thousands of cabin crew at the budget carrier and says it has begun engaging with legal counsel over the deal.... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
