Thursday, April 15, 2010

Lufthansa's collective bargaining burst

Frankfurt / Main - derLufthansa and collective bargaining between the trade union Verdi have broken down. This teilteneine with Speaker of the company and the union on Donnerstagin Frankfurt.
According ver.di is being launched on Monday a strike ballot over einenStreik. Thus possibly threatening derFerienzeit still in labor disputes, the führenkönnten massive flight cancellations caused!
   Lufthansa had recently offered to raise the salaries of the approximately 50.000Beschäftigten on the ground and in the cabin in two steps uminsgesamt to 6.7 percent. In addition, once-percent would be paid one years salary. The term of the contract soll21 months maximum until the end of February 2010. verdi other hand, had demanded more money knappzehn percent in one years duration.