Summary
- Ground handling employees at Lufthansa are set to strike on March 7 and eight as a result of failed negotiations over salary demands.
- Ver.di called for early negotiations with Lufthansa before the following round of discussions but was met with no improvement in offers.
- Prior strikes by ver.di have targeted specific sectors inside Lufthansa, aiming to extend pressure on the airline.
Following unsuccessful negotiations, the United Services Union (Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft, ver.di) has called for Lufthansa’s ground handling employees to strike for 2 days, several days before the following round of negotiations between the union and the airline.
Failing to match demands
In its statement, ver.di urged Lufthansa’s ground handling employees to strike, which might follow industrial motion by employees at Lufthansa Cargo and Lufthansa Technik. The strikes are scheduled to occur on March 7 and March 8, 2024, with the union calling them
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Ver.di explained that throughout the previous round of negotiations, which occurred on February 21 and 22, Lufthansa Group only improved its offer in two areas, including increasing the salary offer by 0.5%. The union’s primary demand has been a salary increase of at the very least 12.5%, while the most recent offer didn’t achieve salary improvements of at the very least €500 ($542.2). Because of this, the 2 sides failed to succeed in an agreement, with the union detailing that the following round of negotiations were scheduled for March 13 and March 14, kind of per week after ver.di’s planned labor motion.
In an announcement to Easy Flying, a Lufthansa Group spokesperson said that this was the most recent escalation by the union in only a couple of days, with ver.di’s 4 strikes now amounting to a complete of 145 hours, which was they added.
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Asking to fulfill for negotiations earlier
Speaking in regards to the strikes, Marvin Reschinsky, a negotiator at ver.di, remarked that it was unbelievable that the corporate, which is able to announce record annual results on March 7, still fails to pay employees a living wage. Based on Reschinsky, some staff struggle to make ends meet at a number of the most costly cities in Germany.
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Ver.di added that the union had contacted Lufthansa several times to take a seat down and talk before the following round of negotiations. Nonetheless, the union’s prerequisite was that the airline would improve its contract offer prematurely, which it had did not do.
Based on the union, the strikes will begin on March 7 at 4:00 local time (UTC +1) and end on March 9 at 7:10, with different times applying to employees who do circuitously work with Lufthansa’s passengers. As mentioned previously, Lufthansa estimated that the strikes should impact around 200,00 passengers.
Michael Niggemann, the Chief Human Resources Officer and Labour Director at Lufthansa, bluntly remarked that ver.di is searching for further escalation somewhat than sitting down with the airline to barter, since there have been more strikes than negotiations.
Niggemann added that the airline was able to negotiate before the following planned round of talks, yet emphasized that it will only conform to accomplish that with none prerequisites and on the condition that ver.di wouldn’t initate any further industrial actions, while also openly declaring its desire to
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Following up on a recent strike
The identical union initiated a strike at the top of February, with the airline stating that on February 28, the strike would have minimal impact on its operations, while the effect on Lufthansa’s flight schedule on the next two days was still being assessed on the time.
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Meanwhile, a day prior, ver.di said that its strikes were specifically arranged not to affect passengers as only employees of Lufthansa Technik, Lufthansa Aviation Training, and Lufthansa Technical Training were called to take part in the economic motion across Germany. The union added that staff at Lufthansa Technik Logistik and Lufthansa Technik Logistik Services would join the strikes at different times, depending on their location.
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