Lufthansa Cabin Crew Union Agrees to Contract That Ends Strikes
- Flight attendants’ pay will rise 3 percent through 2019
- Contract reduces employee costs by 10 percent per hour
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Deutsche Lufthansa AG secured cost cuts from flight attendants in a deal that resolves a long-running dispute over pay and retirement and puts an end to strikes in coming years.
The deal with the flight attendants union UFO will reduce cabin-crew costs per hour at Lufthansa’s namesake brand by about 10 percent, with the bulk of those savings coming from pension-plan changes, the airline and labor leaders said Tuesday. The carrier won’t fire flight attendants through 2021 should it need to reduce the workforce.