Lufthansa pilots reject new tariff offer – tagesschau.de

For months ferments the wage dispute with Lufthansa – and the end is clearly in sight. According to media reports, the pilots’ union VC declined another offer of Lufthansa as “insufficient” from. Whether characterized again threaten strike, but is not yet clear.

It will simply no rest stop off in the months since ongoing wage dispute between Lufthansa and its pilots. Currently being negotiated again – but so far without success. The pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) now rejected a new offer of the airline

As the AFP news agency with reference to a VC- spokesman reported that Lufthansa offered the pilots Group collective agreement for the period from 1 May 2012 to the end of last year, a one-time compensation equal to one month’s salary to – on average, this would mean a total of about 12,000 euros. Furthermore looked offering a wage increase in two stages: from July to 1.2 percent and from January 2018 by a further 1.3 percent. Lufthansa confirmed the content of proposals

Biggest controversy:. Retirement

But the pilots argue not only make more money, you go there before all about sustaining existing rules of pensions. These provide that pilots from the age of 55 years have the option to retire. Here, Lufthansa said in its latest offer to his intention to uphold the system of pensions for already set pilots almost unchanged

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Despite salary increase threatens real wages

“very bad” – so the VC titled the Lufthansa proposal, according to the AFP in an internal letter. The offer was a speaker according to the union “absolutely unsatisfactory”. Due to inflation, the proposed salary increase for the pilots would still mean a real wage loss of seven percent, cited the “mirror” a VC spokesman. Accordingly, should a week be negotiated on a top-level meeting between Lufthansa and union representatives.

Should the new talks fail, could face new strikes, it said in the “mirror” on. The VC had already 13 times called in the wage dispute to strike

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the announced appointment confirmed so far, however, neither the Lufthansa nor the pilots’ union. According to the airline appointments still be agreed until well into May. The VC assured that they wanted to Lufthansa now “not put the gun to my head”.