Many ground staff employees of Lufthansa in Germany are set to strike during the final days of this week. Additionally, security staff at Frankfurt and Hamburg airports have announced a strike lasting over 50 hours on Thursday and Friday. According to Tagesschau, the website of Germany's Channel One television, the Verdi union (representing drivers and transport workers in Germany) called on Lufthansa ground staff to conduct a 'warning' strike on Thursday and Friday. Lufthansa stated that over 200,000 passengers will be affected by this strike. It is expected that around 1,000 flights per day will face cancellation risks during this new round of strikes, similar to the previous two waves of strikes in Germany. In recent weeks, many employees affiliated with the Verdi union have gone on strike due to 'dissatisfaction with wages,' impacting Germany's public transport system. These strikes continue in some cities across the country. Part of this collective bargaining between Verdi and Lufthansa employers in Germany has yet to yield results. Over the past months, two waves of 'warning' strikes have occurred in the country, each paralyzing passenger traffic for about a day. So far, in five rounds of collective negotiations with the Federal Association of Aviation Security Companies, no agreement has been reached regarding higher wages for the two airports in Hamburg and Frankfurt. Approximately 25,000 employees work in this sector across Germany. In recent months, flight security staff at some of Germany's largest airports, including Frankfurt, have gone on strike. The most recent strike by Lufthansa security staff can be referenced to the strike by employees at some German airports on February 1, which led to the cancellation of around 1,000 flights and impacted Europe's largest economy. The German union has demanded a wage increase of €2.80 per hour for airport staff, which has not yet been resolved. The German government is still facing dissatisfaction from farmers. Economists predict that the economic recession in Germany will continue into 2024. Negotiations between the coalition government and the German labor union regarding farmer subsidies are ongoing.
Lufthansa Ground Staff in Germany to Strike This Weekend
Lufthansa ground staff and security employees at Frankfurt and Hamburg airports are set to strike this weekend due to wage dissatisfaction, affecting over 200,000 passengers and risking around 1,000 flight cancellations. This ongoing labor unrest highlights broader issues within Germany's public transport and aviation sectors.
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📰 What Happened
Lufthansa ground staff and security employees at Frankfurt and Hamburg airports are set to strike this weekend due to wage dissatisfaction, affecting over 200,000 passengers and risking around 1,000 flight cancellations.
- The strike is called by the Verdi union over unresolved wage negotiations.
- This is part of a broader wave of strikes impacting Germany's public transport system.
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📚 Background
Germany has been experiencing a wave of labor strikes driven by dissatisfaction with wages, particularly in the transport sector.
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