Industrial dispute: Lufthansa flight attendants are on strike on Friday – there’s a danger of flight cancellations | EUROtoday

Lufthansa flight attendants have been known as on strike this Friday. The strike is scheduled to happen from 12:01 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., because the UFO union introduced. “All Deutsche Lufthansa AG departures from Frankfurt and Munich airports will be on strike,” it mentioned.

These are Lufthansa’s hubs, and lots of passengers are threatened with flight cancellations. There may also be a strike on “all Lufthansa CityLine departures from Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Bremen, Stuttgart, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Berlin and Hanover airports,” because the union introduced.

In a poll on the finish of March, the cabin staff of the core firm Lufthansa and the regional subsidiary Cityline voted by a big majority in favor of business motion. At the core firm, round 94 p.c voted for strikes, at Cityline nearly 99 p.c.

“We deliberately excluded the Easter holidays from industrial action in order to keep the impact on travelers as low as possible. We are very aware that there may still be disruptions when returning from the holidays and we expressly regret this,” mentioned UFO chairman Joachim Vázquez Bürger in an announcement.

In his view, the strike may have been prevented – “the responsibility lies with Lufthansa, which has not even managed to present a negotiable offer,” he mentioned.

The battle is about collective bargaining on the collective tariff at Lufthansa and, in response to UFO, the corporate’s unwillingness to barter a social collective settlement at Cityline. Around 800 livelihoods relied on it. According to administration, the regional subsidiary’s flight operations are scheduled to finish subsequent 12 months. A brand new firm with the same title Lufthansa City Airlines will take its place.