The German airline has agreed to pay its workers as it looks to avoid further strikes.
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The airline will increase wages by 2.2% on 1 January, 2016 and offer another 2.2% increase one year later to its ground personnel, employees of its IT subsidiary Lufthansa Systems, Lufthansa Service catering workers, staff at Lufthansa Technik maintenance and workers at Lufthansa Cargo freight service. Under the agreement, the airline will make a one-off payment of €2,250 to all full-time employees. They’ll also receive a 2.2 percent pay increase for the next two years.
The Verdi union said on Saturday that Lufthansa had agreed that recent and future hires will receive the same pension scheme as long-time employees.
Dr. Bettina Volkens, a member of Lufthansa’s board, told BBC News that the agreement with Verdi provides coordination.
550,000 passengers were disrupted earlier this month when Lufthansa crew staged a week-long strike.
But Europe’s biggest airline is yet to reach an agreement with cabin crew, who called the week-long industrial action in early November, and pilots.
Last week’s strikes were called off at the last minute following talks between management and the Independent Flight Attendant’s Organisation (UFO).
Changes to employees’ retirement benefits have also been a key sticking point in negotiations with all staff unions.
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The airline aims to discuss labor issues during the summit.
