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The cabin of this previously parked Lufthansa passenger plane is ready for the first flight after a month-long break. © Boris Roessler/dpa/archive image
A solution is getting closer to the collective bargaining dispute among Lufthansa cabin crew. This Friday, the company and the UFO union are continuing the round of negotiations that began the day before, as was heard from negotiating circles. No details were given regarding the content. Lufthansa did not even want to confirm the start of negotiations on Thursday.
Frankfurt/Main - Ufo charges 15 percent more money for a contract term of 18 months for the approximately 18,000 flight attendants at Lufthansa as well as for their 1,000 colleagues at the regional subsidiary Cityline. The union also wants to achieve an inflation compensation bonus of 3,000 euros and higher allowances. However, negotiations are currently only taking place for employees of the main airline.
Most recently, UFO paralyzed Lufthansa's flight operations with a strike on March 12th. The cabin union decided against another strike over Easter.
On Thursday, Ufo also reported on progress at the Lufthansa subsidiary Discover Airlines, which had previously had no fares. The union announced on its website that it had managed to tick a box on content-related issues such as vacation, deployment planning, significant table increases and additional pay components. There are now two appointments still outstanding that deal with social partnership between the company and the union. The dispute over Discover also put a strain on the negotiations at Lufthansa's parent company.
Arbitration will also begin this Friday for around 25,000 employees of private aviation security companies who check passengers, baggage, cargo and personnel at airports outside Bavaria on behalf of the Federal Police. Here, too, there have already been several waves of warning strikes at various airports. dpa