Lufthansa is facing two major wage conflicts. Ver.di, the services' union, claims for a 9.8% wage increase for the approximately 60.000 ground and cabin staff and threatened to start a strike if bargaining fails on July 17. Involved in another wage conflict, the Vereinigung Cockpit pilots union (VP) also called on its members to vote for an unlimited strike in the beginning of July. (Ref. 080498)
The first airline in Germany is struggling with a difficult situation, to say the least. It is bargaining for separate tariff agreements for ground crew, pilots and cabin personnel. Moreover, it is up against three unions with equal rights: Ver.di, very powerful among ground crew but under-represented among flying personnel; the independent union of flight attendants, Ufo – which split from Ver.di – powerful among flying personnel; and the union of Cockpit pilots. To add further complication, t
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