BERLIN -Pilots at German flagship service Lufthansa voted on Sunday by a margin of 97.6% in favour of business motion, threatening additional disruption through the busy summer season journey season.
Strikes and employees shortages have already pressured airways together with Lufthansa to cancel hundreds of flights and induced hours-long queues at main airports, irritating holidaymakers eager to journey after COVID-19 lockdowns.
The vote doesn't essentially imply a strike will probably be held, nevertheless it was a sign to the employer that constructive steps wanted to be taken, pilot’s union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) board member Marcel Groels stated.
“We're exhibiting we're prepared to speak,” he added.
A spokesperson for Lufthansa stated they revered the outcomes of the vote and hoped for a constructive answer on the negotiating desk.
Pilots’ union VC is demanding a 5.5% pay rise this 12 months for its pilots and automated inflation compensation thereafter.
It additionally needs a uniform pay construction for all employees on the Lufthansa group’s airways, which embrace flagship service Lufthansa in addition to price range unit Eurowings.
Lufthansa has already been rocked by strike motion by its floor employees on Wednesday, which pressured the service to cancel greater than 1,000 flights.
Individually, pilots at Lufthansa’s Swiss Worldwide Air Strains (SWISS) unit rejected by an 80% margin a contract proposal, their Aeropers labour union stated on Sunday, including that it aimed to renew negotiations with SWISS administration as quickly as attainable.
“If administration continues to not recognise the indicators of the instances and doesn't instantly provide ample options, then the pilots should present the administration much more clearly how dissatisfied they're,” it stated with out elaborating.
The present contract expired in April after administration rejected a tentative deal from preliminary talks, Aeropers stated.
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