{"id":53811,"date":"2025-11-01T20:24:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T00:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/pilots-union-gives-lufthansa-time-to-resolve-pensions-dispute-averting-possible-strike\/01\/11\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T20:24:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T00:24:35","slug":"pilots-union-gives-lufthansa-time-to-resolve-pensions-dispute-averting-possible-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/pilots-union-gives-lufthansa-time-to-resolve-pensions-dispute-averting-possible-strike\/01\/11\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilots union gives Lufthansa time to resolve pensions dispute, averting possible strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany&#8217;s pilots union VC is giving Lufthansa more time to resolve a pensions dispute, averting a possible strike at the airline for now, according to a union letter to its members obtained by Reuters on Saturday.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The employer will again be requested, with a set deadline, to submit an offer in the talks that have been ongoing since May, the letter dated Friday stated.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CDS Widget\" src=\"https:\/\/templates.cds.yahoo.com\/remote\/widget?campaignId=e72c3590-5daa-4b1b-a5bf-52b75140bd82&amp;lineItemId=2e2640fe-c05f-41ac-be3f-57bdb8a08051&amp;site=finance&amp;contentId=5b25f669-bac2-3a84-8d4d-7a462900e0d7&amp;spaceId=1183300103&amp;providerId=reuters.com\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"400\" data-testid=\"offers-cds-iframe\" class=\"yf-1xws99g\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->&#8220;We will grant management sufficient time for this, so that for the time being no industrial action is to be expected,&#8221; it said, without specifying how much time it would give management.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->VC members had voted in favor of strike action in a ballot at the end of September, which Lufthansa averted with new rounds of talks that failed, however, to produce results.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The union is demanding higher employer contributions to company pension plans for the 4,800 cockpit employees of the core airline brand Lufthansa and the cargo subsidiary Lufthansa Cargo.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->(Reporting by Ilona Wissenback in Frankfurt; Writing by Sarah Marsh in Berlin; Editing by Rod Nickel)<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/pilots-union-gives-lufthansa-time-223342693.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany&rsquo;s pilots union VC is giving Lufthansa more time to resolve a pensions dispute, averting a possible strike at the<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/pilots-union-gives-lufthansa-time-to-resolve-pensions-dispute-averting-possible-strike\/01\/11\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/reuters.com\/4aa1451c0a16cf81a672ffe66d5cfe79","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53811"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}