Mar 8, 2015
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Lufthansa wants to abolish the early retirement scheme that allows pilots to retire at 60% of pay from the age of 55. The latest strike, which took place on 12/13 February, grounded 474 flights.
Pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit staged another strike at Germanwings, the low cost branch of Lufthansa. As reported in previous newsletters, Lufthansa and its pilots have been engaged in a long term conflict over the age of retirement. Lufthansa wants to abolish the early retirement scheme that allows pilots to retire at 60% of pay from the age of 55. The latest strike, which took place on 12/13 February, grounded 474 flights.
English: http://www.skynews.com.au/business/business/europe/2015/02/13/pilots--strike ...
For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) cbn-aias@uva.nl or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova mnikolova@etui.org. For previous issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit http://www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net.