The results are now confirmed, and the majority has spoken – the proposal from management has been decisively REJECTED by a majority of our members!
99,3% of all our members voted with 92% rejecting management’s ‘final’ proposal. That is a clear signal that the vast majority of our members is willing to go for industrial action, which does not leave any doubts.
When these results are even combined with all LCGB members (including ground staff) the union’s statutory requirements are still surpassed. 95% of all eligible LCGB members voted and 83% of the LCGB members have rejected the proposal.
Today the LCGB union secretary has sent a letter to the national conciliation office (ONC) requesting non-conciliation and Cargolux management has been informed of the ratification results.
Your negotiation team tried to convince management in the last meeting on July 11th, that their proposal might not pass without certain improvements, but they simply responded that they would “take that risk”. Now it is on their shoulders to assume the load from here.
According to your valued input, the main reasons given for rejecting managements proposal were precisely what the negotiation team forewarned on and they center on five main points:
Cargolux Italia
Unacceptable not to have the cap at 4 aircraft
‘B-scale’ adjustments
No horizontal move when upgraded to Captain and only one TU reduction
Flight Time Limitations
‘How to augment’ – clear rules to avoid excessive numbers of multiple sector FDPs with augmented crews.
Off- Day scheme
No real improvement and possible 11 rather than 12 days off per month and a clear desire for more immovable blocks.
Back-to-back
Must be planned as part of a rotation and a rotation should never be changed to include a back-to-back after departing home base.
We can congratulate everyone for an unprecedented participation where we even have 69 new members join the ALPL since beginning of July so their vote could count. We also would like to thank everyone for their patience during the voting process.
We will keep you informed of any developments.
