BERLIN (AP) — Germany's Lufthansa airline and a union
representing its cabin crew have reached a three-year wage deal to end a lengthy
labor dispute following arbitration.
The airline and the UFO union formally accepted Tuesday a
proposal by arbitrator Matthias Platzeck, a former state governor, which
foresees a 1 percent pay increase in October followed by another 2 percent in
January 2018.
Lufthansa also agreed that no cabin employees will be
laid off for five years and that its planes won't be operated with external
cabin staff before 2023. The airline secured changes to the staff's pension
system, which it said allow it to lower costs.
The UFO union had staged multiple strikes to press its
demands for its 19,000 members before both sides agreed in January to
arbitration.
Source: Press
of Atlantic City
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