Ryanair’s Secret
Europe’s biggest airline says it has outcompeted its rivals with its low fares. But its real success lies in slashing workers’ rights and crushing pilots’ unions.
Darragh Golden is a postdoctoral fellow in University College Dublin researching trade union politics and European Union economic governance.
Europe’s biggest airline says it has outcompeted its rivals with its low fares. But its real success lies in slashing workers’ rights and crushing pilots’ unions.
One of Europe’s most notorious anti-union companies has been forced to recognize a union — and its workers aren’t done yet.