Swiss cabin crew clearly rejects the new collective labor agreement
The members of the Kapers cabin crew union reject the 2023 collective labor agreement with a majority of 65 percent of the votes.
The Swiss cabin crew clearly rejects the new GAV.
Photo: Salvatore Di Nolfi (Keystone)
The members of the cabin crew union Kapers reject the collective labor agreement (GAV) 2023. As Kapers announced on Monday, the decision was made with a majority of 65 percent. Union members voted electronically.
2,299 employees in the cabin of Swiss aircraft who are employed under the collective labor agreement at the Zurich and Geneva locations were entitled to vote. The turnout was 89.9 percent. According to the unions, the voting campaign was sometimes tough.
Nothing will change for the time being. The 2015 collective labor agreement between Kapers and the airline has not been terminated and will remain in effect beyond March 1st. The social partners can terminate him at the earliest on April 30 with a notice period of twelve months. Until then, the current obligations and rights apply.
The airline said it took note of the decision. She regretted the refusal. In the coming weeks, the subsidiary of the German Lufthansa wants to analyze the result and decide on how to proceed.
Pilot GAV after a long struggle
The Swiss pilots accepted their new collective employment contract in mid-January. The Aeropers pilots’ association approved the new agreement with 87.4 percent. The long arguments in advance had brought the Swiss to the brink of a pilots’ strike.
The new GAV includes a wage increase, cost-of-living adjustments, previously published rosters and no more roster changes after illness. There has also been a dispute over the past few months about low wages and high workloads in Swissport ground handling and Swiss ground staff. In both cases, the companies finally gave in.
Warning strike at Lufthansa
While an agreement was reached between the Swiss cockpit staff and those working on the ground, the parent company Lufthansa in Germany was struggling with work stoppages. With its one-day warning strike, the Verdi union forced the aviation group to cancel around 1,300 flights. Seven German airports were on strike, including the Lufthansa hubs in Frankfurt and Munich.
In Germany, there is a wage dispute in the public sector. Verdi and the German Association of Civil Servants are demanding a wage increase of 10.5 percent for around 2.5 million employees. The employers have rejected the claims. A new round of negotiations is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.
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