At the AUA parent company Lufthansa, the impending pilot strikes have come a little closer. But there is no date yet. The Cockpit Association’s collective labor agreement rejected an improved offer from the company on Thursday, a spokesman said.
Although it is going in the right direction, it is still far from enough, according to the spokesperson. You are now too far apart and, in addition to compensating for the real loss of wages, you also need a sustainable remuneration structure.
There are no specific strike dates yet
The union threatened that strikes are now possible after the board decision was made. However, she did not mention specific dates, strike locations or companies. Lufthansa’s core business in Frankfurt and Munich and its freight subsidiary Lufthansa Cargo are eligible. The VC explains: “The legal and organizational preparations for strike measures have started. Nevertheless, it is clear that the Cockpit Association is still reachable.”
Previous collective labor agreement ended on June 30
The official reason for the possible labor dispute is the deadlock after six rounds of negotiations about a new wage agreement. A next round of exploratory talks behind closed doors also had no result at the end of last week. According to its own statements, the VC demands, among other things, salary increases of 5.5 percent in the current year and an automated inflation correction from next year. She had canceled the previous collective labor agreement on 30 June.
Conflict about future business strategy
In addition, there is a conflict about the future business strategy. In the past, VC had guaranteed the exact number of 325 aircraft, which could only be flown by the approximately 5,000 captains and first officers covered by the collective collective agreement, which is still under discussion. Impressed by the Corona crisis, Lufthansa had canceled the associated additional agreement and set up a new flight operation (AOC) with lower fare conditions under the crane logo. The new airline, known internally as “Cityline 2”, will take over many of the previous core airline’s flights in European traffic.
According to VC, 97.6 percent voted in favor of the labor dispute in the Lufthansa passage and 99.3 percent in the smaller Lufthansa Cargo. According to the union, participation in both flight operations was over 93 percent. Consent of more than 70 percent of all eligible voters was required.
Source: Krone
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