Update negotiations CLA inflight

The Updates CLA contract catering expires on 1 April 2022. FNV Catering is currently negotiating a new comprehensive CLA in contract catering for various groups of employees. This includes Updates employees under the CLA contract catering and new employees working in contract catering and hospitality. This will then become the CLA hospitality with a broader scope than the Updates CLA contract catering. In addition to discussions about the entire CLA, social partners are also simultaneously discussing the specific situation and employment conditions for the inflight component of the Updates catering CLA.

CLA negotiations

Last Tuesday, 1 March, employers in inflight and the trade unions met for the second time to discuss wages, generation pact, leave savings, purchasing extra ADV, improving travel allowance for commuting, compensation for a public holiday, and developments in the travel world and their consequences for the inflight sector.

• Wages
  Employers are uncertain about the future of Schiphol and KLM with possible effects on future employment. Gate Gourmet has recently received NOW support and KCS is linked to state aid via parent company KLM. On the other hand, they also see the need to take a step in terms of wages. Therefore, they follow the salary proposal of employers in the broader sector CLA. FNV Catering advocates for an agreement where the salary scales are increased by a fixed amount and that wages are annually increased through a system of automatic price compensation with the average inflation rate over the previous year (3.3% over 2020-2021). This is to ensure that wages in inflight keep pace with the rising cost of living.
   
• Generation pact
  The basic idea is that inflight employees who currently work five days can reduce to four days (80%), receive 95% of their salary, and build up 95% of their pension. This is aimed at a target group of 5 years before the commencement of the state pension with at least 10 years of service and, in any case, employees with physically demanding jobs. This creates space to hire ‘younger’ employees. A point of negotiation is the financing of the scheme, which must be attractive and affordable for both sides. Employers will work out a number of (calculation) examples for inflight for the next round. Expanding the purchase of ADV days could be an option for employees not participating in the generation pact. Employers will also return to this next time.
   
• Travel allowance
  KCS and Gate Gourmet have provided an overview of the Updates travel cost arrangements. They currently pay different allowances for different distances. They are not opposed to an increase to 0.19 cents per kilometre driven for travel distances between 10 and 40 kilometres. The issue remains the travel allowance for employees up to 10 km and over 40 kilometres. We will continue this discussion in the next round.
   
• Compensation for public holiday
  We have proposed to include an agreement in the CLA about compensation for a public holiday if it falls on a day (Monday to Friday) when you are scheduled off.