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Cargolux staff launch strike action in dispute over pay increases
来源：shippingazette 编辑：编辑部 发布：2023/09/19 17:01:37
LUXEMBOURG's Cargolux staff have launched strike action after unions and management failed to come to an agreement over pay increases.
The strike action comes as the OGBL and LCGB unions have been in negotiations with the airline over a new collective working agreement (CWA) for a year and a half, reports London's Air Cargo News.
Central secretary of the OGBL civil aviation union Michelle Cloos called on all Cargolux employees to stop working in order to "keep the planes grounded".
According to RTL, several aircraft are stuck on the ground in Houston, Baku, Chicago, and Dubai due to the strike.
One contact said that 90 per cent of the company's operations have been cancelled.
Pilots and ground staff are all joining the action.
Centre to the dispute is a pay offer of 4 per cent over four years which the unions describe as "insufficient compared to the excellent results of recent years and in the face of inflation".
The unions would like to see a 6 per cent increase in salary for the duration of the collective working agreement, which is not linked to the company's profit-based bonus scheme.
"The company has been making millions and millions in profits during the pandemic while workers have been working relentlessly. This is not excessive. It is not more than we obtained in the last CWA when the company was doing less well," Ms Cloos said.
The airline's management has described the unions' pay demands as unreasonable.
Air Cargo News has contacted Cargolux for a response.
"Only a global agreement on all contentious points can put an end to the strike which will begin tomorrow morning," the unions said in a statement.
"In order to resolve this social conflict, the OGBL and the LCGB are asking Cargolux management to assume its responsibility towards the company's employees.
"For the unions, the collective agreement must guarantee attractive salaries and thereby ensure the attractiveness of Cargolux."
The strike action comes as the OGBL and LCGB unions have been in negotiations with the airline over a new collective working agreement (CWA) for a year and a half, reports London's Air Cargo News.
Central secretary of the OGBL civil aviation union Michelle Cloos called on all Cargolux employees to stop working in order to "keep the planes grounded".
According to RTL, several aircraft are stuck on the ground in Houston, Baku, Chicago, and Dubai due to the strike.
One contact said that 90 per cent of the company's operations have been cancelled.
Pilots and ground staff are all joining the action.
Centre to the dispute is a pay offer of 4 per cent over four years which the unions describe as "insufficient compared to the excellent results of recent years and in the face of inflation".
The unions would like to see a 6 per cent increase in salary for the duration of the collective working agreement, which is not linked to the company's profit-based bonus scheme.
"The company has been making millions and millions in profits during the pandemic while workers have been working relentlessly. This is not excessive. It is not more than we obtained in the last CWA when the company was doing less well," Ms Cloos said.
The airline's management has described the unions' pay demands as unreasonable.
Air Cargo News has contacted Cargolux for a response.
"Only a global agreement on all contentious points can put an end to the strike which will begin tomorrow morning," the unions said in a statement.
"In order to resolve this social conflict, the OGBL and the LCGB are asking Cargolux management to assume its responsibility towards the company's employees.
"For the unions, the collective agreement must guarantee attractive salaries and thereby ensure the attractiveness of Cargolux."