Workers reject Lufthansa proposals

WORKERS at aircraft maintenance firm Lufthansa Technik Airmotive last night rejected the company’s flexibility proposals raising the prospect of up to 465 job losses at the Dublin operation.

Approximately 300 of those workers attended a staff meeting yesterday and, in a close decision of just 40 votes, decided to reject the cost savings proposed by the company.

In advance of the vote, the company had warned it would put a planned $40 million (e30m) investment in its Dublin operation on hold and would not reactivate it if unions rejected management proposals. Without that investment it said the contract for a new engine type would go to another facility within the organisation, leading to a cut in workers’ hours and the wind-down of the Dublin facility.