Be careful if you have to go or return from Germany this Wednesday. The “warning” strike launched for Wednesday by Ver.di, which represents 20,000 ground employees of the national airline Lufthansa, will be massive and closely watched.
It will start tonight at 3:45 a.m. and end at the latest on Thursday at 2:00 p.m. All airports where Lufthansa is present will be affected: Frankfurt, Munich, Cologne-Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover and Stuttgart. .
The company warns that many flights will be canceled (the list is expected this Tuesday afternoon) and/or delayed. It is the handling, maintenance, security and administration employees who will stop working.
management gets angry
The situation could be even more tense since the company’s pilots are currently being consulted by the unions to find out if they will join the movement.
Ver.di intends to “increase the pressure” on management, demanding a 9.5% salary increase, according to a statement.
For its part, management regrets that the negotiations are falling apart so quickly. Remember that he proposed an increase in the base salary of 150 euros per month from July, then another increase in the base salary of 100 euros per month from January 1, 2023, and finally an additional increase of 2% from July 1 from 2023 if the activity allows it
Thousands of flights already canceled
And to continue: “After tremendous efforts to stabilize our flight operations, this represents a renewed, substantial and unnecessary burden on our passengers.”
This strike comes at a time when travelers are already facing long waits at airports and a series of flight cancellations due to lack of staff.
Lufthansa has already canceled about 6,000 flights this summer while the first German airport, in Frankfurt, intends to lighten the schedule to “further stabilize air operations”, seriously interrupted by holiday departures.
Source: BFM TV
