Air France has reached a pay deal with unions, paving the way for the Air France-KLM group to move on from a months-long labor conflict and focus on its long-term strategy.
The deal includes a general pay increase of 2%, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2018, and a general pay increase of 2% on Jan. 1, 2019 and was signed by the CFDT, CFE-CGC/UNAC, FO/SNPNC, SPAF and UNSAAérien Air France ground staff and cabin crew unions.
The list of signatories does not include the SNPL, Air France’s main pilots’ union, but Air France said the unions that had signed represented 76.4% of the employees who voted in the last union elections. “This agreement is therefore considered valid and will be implemented,” it said.
A group of Air France unions, including the SNPL, had expressed doubts about the proposal earlier this month, calling on Oct. 9 for the company to confirm in writing that the second part of the total 4% increase would not prejudice obligatory negotiations on 2019 salaries.
The agreement comes less than a month after Benjamin Smith, the group’s new CEO, also took over as temporary CEO at Air France, kicking off discussions with labor representatives in a bid to resolve the long-drawn out pay conflict…
