OGBL strengthens its position and makes progress at Luxair and Luxcargo Handling

The OGBL is pleased to announce that it has made good progress in the social elections at Luxair and Luxcargo Handling. As a reminder, following the transfer of Luxair’s Cargo Centre activities to the new company LCH (Luxcargo Handling) on 1st May, the social elections there had been postponed until 2nd July to ensure that these two major companies and the more than 3,000 employees concerned could benefit from adequate staff representation over the next five years.

With 35% of seats at Luxair, compared with 25% in 2019, the OGBL has made good progress at the Luxembourg airline following these social elections. In 2019, the OGBL had 5 out of 20 seats in the previous delegation elected for the unit, which then included Cargo staff, and now has 6 out of 17 seats in the new Luxair delegation. As far as Cargo staff are concerned, the OGBL obtains 40% of the seats, which is an impressive increase for Luxcargo Handling!

With these positive results, OGBL strengthens its position as a major union in the aviation sector, a strategic sector for the country. With Luxair negotiating a new collective bargain agreement and LCH taking over its cargo workers, the OGBL is more determined than ever to continue fighting for better pay and working conditions and to strengthen workers’ rights at both companies.

OGBL Civil Aviation Union press release, 4 July 2024