In the collective bargaining dispute over Lufthansa ground staff, ver.di has called for a warning strike lasting several days in the technology sector starting today. Passenger flights should not be affected this time, according to the union.
Lufthansa is on strike again starting today: the employees of individual companies in the group have been called on to go on a three-day nationwide warning strike until Friday, the ver.di union announced.
The strike call applies to employees and trainees at Lufthansa Technik, Lufthansa Aviation Training and Lufthansa Technical Training. Employees of Lufthansa Technik Logistik and Lufthansa Technik Logistik Services would join the work stoppage at different times depending on the location.
No passenger flights affected
According to its own information, Lufthansa assumes that the three-day warning strike for technical staff will have “no major impact on the Lufthansa flight schedule” this Wednesday. Passengers should still always check the status of their flight on lufthansa.com or in the Lufthansa app. The impact of the strike on Thursday and Friday is currently being assessed.
According to ver.di, no passenger flights are affected this time. However, if the airline continues with its “irresponsible behavior, to our regret, passengers will soon be affected by the strike again,” said the union.
So far, ver.di has led two warning strikes lasting more than a day during the conflict, with several hundred flights canceled each time. Most recently, a one-day warning strike by ground staff at Germany’s largest airline took place on February 20th. The majority of Lufthansa flights were canceled at a total of seven German airports – around 100,000 passengers were affected.
Ver.di: Offer hardly improved
Immediately after the warning strike, the company management and ver.di negotiated salary increases again. However, Lufthansa has “basically only improved its offer to ground staff in two areas,” explained ver.di.
The group sees it differently: “We have once again taken a big step towards ver.di and presented a new, even improved offer,” Human Resources Director Michael Niggemann recently announced.
An agreement between the collective bargaining parties failed last Thursday. Ver.di is demanding a pay increase of 12.5 percent for its approximately 25,000 employees, but at least 500 euros more per month, and an inflation bonus of 3,000 euros for just one year. The already agreed fifth hearing date will take place on March 13th and 14th.