As of: February 13, 2024, 5:04 p.m
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Verdi recently called on Lufthansa ground staff at several airports to stop work.
What happens next?
Update from February 13, 2024, 5:00 p.m.:
There are no signs of a quick agreement in the collective bargaining dispute among Lufthansa ground staff, even after an improved offer from the company.
On Tuesday, Verdi negotiator Marvin Reschinsky described the offer as “anti-social” compared to the pilots.
In a circular from the union to members it said: “The group is providing maximum increases for other professional groups with incomes of up to 300,000 euros per year.
We on the ground with starting hourly wages of 13 euros, on the other hand, should continue to be content with a fraction.”
In the new offer, the company shortens the term from 36 to 25 months and offers the full inflation compensation bonus of 3,000 euros to all employees.
According to the proposal, the first table increase of 4 percent should take effect in December 2024, before a second stage of 5.5 percent in February next year.
Verdi wants to discuss the situation with employees in the coming days and discuss how to proceed.
Update from February 12, 2024, 9:38 p.m.:
After the 27-hour warning strike by Lufthansa ground staff, the collective bargaining parties are negotiating again.
Representatives of the Verdi union and Lufthansa met at Frankfurt Airport on Monday, as both sides reported.
Update from February 8, 2024, 6:40 a.m.:
The Verdi warning strike at Lufthansa will also lead to some flight cancellations on Thursday.
The strike, which began on Wednesday at 4 a.m., is scheduled to end on Thursday at 7:10 a.m., when the last night shift at the freight company Lufthansa Cargo has ended.
After up to 900 flight cancellations on Wednesday, the airline has canceled around 30 departures at its Frankfurt and Munich hubs for Thursday morning.
Around 7,000 people took part in the warning strikes at the Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Berlin locations on Wednesday, as Verdi negotiator Marvin Reschinsky reported.
He is already threatening to extend the industrial action: Without a significantly better offer, “you could do it longer,” said Reschinksy.
Lufthansa strike 2024: Verdi calls on 25,000 employees to stop work
First report from February 6, 2024:
Munich - Things are getting chaotic again at German airports, Verdi has called for an all-day strike by Lufthansa ground staff at several locations next Wednesday (February 7, 2024).
Those called upon are, among others, employees of the ground services in the check-in area and flight handling as well as technology.
This continues a series of strikes after strikes at airports in Germany caused unrest last week.
The strike is scheduled to begin at 4 a.m. on Wednesday and end at 7 a.m. on Thursday.
The airports in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Berlin, Düsseldorf and Munich are affected.
In a press release, the union described the collective bargaining negotiations between Lufthansa and Verdi for around 25,000 ground employees as a “disappointing start to negotiations”.
There is a risk of further flight cancellations nationwide in the first quarter - Verdi is examining further warning strikes.
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“Major flight cancellations”: Verdi is demanding 12.5 percent more salary – now comes the Lufthansa strike on February 7th
With the strike on Wednesday, the union wants to put pressure on Germany's largest airline.
Verdi is therefore demanding 12.5 percent more salary, but at least 500 euros more per month for twelve months and better conditions for shift work.
Negotiations are scheduled to continue on February 12th.
ver.di had already presented its demands at the beginning of December and sent them to the Lufthansa Group.
Verdi explains that “there will be major flight cancellations and delays” due to the strike.
Verdi negotiator Marvin Reschinsky explains: “This strike would be unnecessary if Lufthansa were to grant ground employees the same increases as other employee groups in the group.
However, there was no willingness to do this at the negotiating table.”
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