Ryanair Don't Care campaigner John Foley handcuffed himself to the goalposts during last night's Premier League match between Everton and Man City at Goodison Park.
This particular match was chosen because Ryanair chief exploiter Michael O'Leary is a passionate Man City fan and was at the match.
As with previous direct action protests, the aim was to highlight exploitation and recruitment-scamming* by Ryanair.
Within a matter of hours, the story had gone viral on Twitter (with even Joey Barton tweeting about it) and had been picked up by newspapers and websites across the world...
The Ryanair Don't Care campaign, together with Solidarity Federation, is calling for an international week of action against the airline starting on March 12th 2012.
* This refers to Ryanair's policy of terminating cabin crew contracts before the probationary period has finished, while still pocketing 3,000 euros training fee.
Watch an interview with John about the protest here here.
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Great way to get attention to
Great way to get attention to his cause.
Wow, fantastic John. I'd
Wow, fantastic John. I'd never have the courage to do that! Ignore the haters.
EDIT: It says 'here' twice in the forth line of the introduction
Ballsy move.
Ballsy move.
Never in the history of
Never in the history of aviation was so much owed by so many to one person.
Thank you John !!!
John Foley – Great Man. Important Work. Real Courage.
None of the reporting
None of the reporting actually explains what he's protesting about. It comes across like he's just pissed off his daughter didn't get a job. No mention is made of the "training fee" scam.
Just the usual then.
Liverpool Echo
there is a "background info" link which I thought would go into detail about his protest but no:
Liverpool echo
Pikel - some of the reporting
Pikel - some of the reporting is shite, that's to be expected. Some of it's pretty good though. Surprising the Daily Mail article goes into the purpose of the campaign. The blog has had over 30,000 hits and couple of the YouTube videos have been viewed over 1,000 times, so the message is spreading.
Interview with John about the
Interview with John about the protest here.
hi John, well done for
hi John,
well done for standing up to them, my 18 year old daughter has been through the same thing. Me and my husband are very angry. My daughter was left heart broken as becoming an air stewardess was her dream job. She worked extremely hard but they found every excuse to push her out from the job. She was expected to manage on 16 hours a month with rent and bills to pay as she was living away from home. She was told if she claimed working tax credit or another job to manage financially she would be shown the door.They made it impossible for her to survive.
Me and my husband would like to get involved in the protestas they need to be stopped from breaking the law and breaking people's hearts.
Thanks for that Helen and so
Thanks for that Helen and so sorry to hear about your daughter.
I don't actually think John posts on this site. I imagine that thegonzokid will probably send you a private message to give you the low down on how to get involved. However, if you don't hear anything, you can send an email to training (at) solfed.org.uk and we'll be able to put you in touch with people who are organising the campaign alongside John.