FRANKFURT, Feb 10 – German pilots’ union VC called on Tuesday for a 24-hour strike on February 12 at Lufthansa Group’s core German airline and its freight group Lufthansa Cargo in a dispute over pensions.
The union’s members declared a readiness to strike in a ballot at the end of last September to pressure Lufthansa into granting more generous retirement benefits.
Talks have since resumed despite that vote but have been intermittent and without result.
Among its demands, the union has been pressing for better working conditions at subsidiaries CityLine, City Airlines and Discover.
The strike will affect all flights starting from German airports on February 12, VC (Vereinigung Cockpit) said in a statement.
(Reporting by Ilona Wissenbach; Writing by Ludwig Burger and Sarah Marsh)
