Ryanair pilots in Netherlands to join strike on Friday

Update 7.45pm: Ryanair pilots in the Netherlands are to strike for 24-hours this Friday.

They will join their colleagues in Germany who earlier announced they would take part in the day of action, as well as pilots in Ireland, Sweden and Belgium.

Ryanair pilots on strike in Dublin last month.

The Dutch union says it has tried to negotiate a collective labour agreement without any result and says the strike should be a wake-up call for management.

The airline has cancelled nearly 400 flights due to Friday's joint industrial action - with more likely to be dropped.

Employment law expert Professor Michael Doherty from Maynooth University says Ryanair management are under increasing pressure: "What they'll say is something along the lines of it's going to be less than 25% of flights that will be cancelled on Friday but that is starting to ramp up now.

"It was 20 flights in Dublin now there will be 200 flights cancelled from Germany.

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