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Arbitrators are supposed to help resolve the Lufthansa ground staff wage dispute.
The Verdi union names a well-known politician.
The further timetable is also set.
Frankfurt/Berlin - The planned arbitration in the collective bargaining dispute over Lufthansa ground staff is scheduled to begin next week.
The Verdi union named the Thuringian Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow as mediator, as it announced on Monday evening in Berlin.
The arbitration should therefore start on March 25th and end on March 28th at the latest.
Lufthansa still has to name a moderator.
Verdi and the airline agreed last week to seek arbitration for the approximately 25,000 ground workers as quickly as possible.
This is intended to avoid strikes at Easter.
A duty of peace should apply during the mediation.
“However, if the arbitration does not produce a result that the employees can agree to, it can be assumed that there will be forced strikes,” said Verdi negotiator Marvin Reschinsky.
The ballot for this will begin on Tuesday.
Verdi is charging 12.5 percent more money for Lufthansa ground staff for a term of twelve months, while the company has previously offered 10 percent for a term of 28 months.
An inflation compensation bonus of 3,000 euros is comparatively undisputed.
Most recently, hundreds of Lufthansa flights were canceled in this area due to a warning strike organized by Verdi.
The left-wing politician and former trade unionist Ramelow has experience with resolving collective bargaining disputes.
In 2015 and 2017, Ramelow, together with the former Brandenburg Prime Minister Matthias Platzeck (SPD), settled the collective bargaining disputes with the train drivers' union GDL at the railway.
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