It seems the threat of another Lufthansa strike is ebbing away as the airline has managed to agree a deal with the German trade union “Verdi”
Employees of Lufthansa Technik and Lufthasa Cargo will get a 4.7% rise, whilst those employed under Lufthansa AG will get a 3.0% rise.
The deal struck will run for 26 months, and will exculde layoffs. It will be voted on by Verdi members, and will affect 33000 workers
The deal is pending approval by union members by May 14, after 3 days of talks where more strikes were in the offing.
For those of you who have a good command of German, a full lookover by Tagesschau is at http://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/lufthansatarifverhandlungen122.html.
For the rest at least you can travel on Lufthansa without running into a strike for a bit…
