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Airbus backs down on return-to-office after protests: Report
Managers can keep existing two-day home-working arrangements after protests, as about 40% of Airbus's 14,000 workers in Spain joined strikes, unions said.
- Airbus scaled back its plan to reduce remote work, allowing managers to maintain existing arrangements averaging two days at home per week and suspending a proposed one-day limit.
- Union protests and strikes in Spain, France, and Britain prompted the change, with approximately 40% of Spain's 14,000 Airbus workers participating in walkouts over office-return mandates and other workplace issues.
- Flexible work remains vital for recruitment as Airbus competes with higher-paid "digital nomad" sectors, while 25% of staff joined in the past three years, complicating any return-to-office push.
- An Airbus spokesperson said "effective change requires listening to our people," confirming the company will implement the transition more gradually while still aiming for increased on-site presence.
- CEO Guillaume Faury, who previously urged staff to return to the office to support production, now faces a strategic retreat as labor unrest forces a shift from his original mandate.
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