Rumania - Court orders Wizz Air to reinstate dismissed union leader

On 19 March, Romania’s Ilfov court ordered the reinstatement of a trade union leader unfairly dismissed by Wizz Air. Mr Mircea Constantin, president of Sindicatul Aerolimit (the cabin crew union at Wizz Air’s base in Bucharest), was, in fact, illegally dismissed because of his decision to create a trade union in the company. Despite campaigning by the ETF and ITF together with the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), which included a LabourStart campaign that gathered nearly 10,000 signatures worldwide, Wizz Air refused to reinstate the dismissed workers. Nevertheless, Wizz Air now has no choice but to comply with the Court decision reinstating the trade unionist and paying compensation equal to his salary.