OPEN LETTER/ Come to the dialogue and listen to me speak, otherwise I will cut off your scholarships, you will rot in prison. Please!

 Kliko këtu për të tjera
Voxpress:

Travel chaos in Germany. Lufthansa: About 100,000 passengers may be affected

2024-03-11 14:49:36Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Travel chaos in Germany. Lufthansa: About 100,000 passengers may be affected

Germany will face travel chaos again this week as many of its train and airport workers are set to walk off the job. On Monday and Tuesday, the country's GDL union will go on strike. They represent drivers of passenger and freight trains. Freight train drivers will walk out on Monday at 6pm local time and will be followed by Deutsche Bahn passenger train drivers at 2am on Tuesday.

Elsewhere, the Lufthansa cabin crew union strike will cause disruption at two of Germany's busiest airports, Frankfurt and Munich. Scheduled to take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, the walkout will affect both Lufthansa and its low-cost subsidiary, Cityline. GDL has called for fresh industrial action as part of a long and bitter dispute with the main state rail operator over working hours and pay. The walkout was announced on Sunday evening – in line with a union announcement last week that it would no longer give 48 hours' notice before striking. It follows a 1.5-day walkout last week that failed to produce a resolution for either side.

GDL demands a reduction in working hours from 38 to 35 hours per week without a pay cut. During weeks of talks between the two sides, moderators have suggested a reduction from 38 to 36 hours by 2028 - but this proposal did not satisfy the union. They asked for a new offer by Sunday evening, which was not forthcoming. The country's Minister of Transport has criticized the action. Frankfurt and Munich, two of Germany's busiest airports, will be plunged into chaos on Tuesday and Wednesday after the Independent Flight Attendants Organization (UFO) called for further departures.

Lufthansa says around 100,000 passengers are likely to be affected and the German union's announcement comes days after the airline announced record profits for 2023. The strike will have a negative effect on all departures from Frankfurt airport on Tuesday and all flights outside Munich on Wednesday, 4 am to 11 pm. Passengers traveling with Lufthansa and its partner Cityline will face disruption, the union says. The UFO is demanding a 15 percent salary increase and a payment of 3,000 euros to compensate for inflation. If approved, its 18,000 Lufthansa members and 1,000 Cityline members would benefit. The union says more than 96% of its members voted in favor of strike action. Last week, Lufthansa announced that its profits had doubled in 2023 to 1.67 billion euros from last year.

UFOs claim that the cabin crew have yet to see any benefit from these increased profits. This week's strikes follow similar walkouts last Thursday and Friday. Around 200,000 passengers were affected by delays and cancellations after Lufthansa's ground staff in Germany went on strike. Led by the Ver.di union, the 25,000 members of ground staff have demanded a 12.5% ​​pay rise or at least €500 more per month, as well as an inflation compensation bonus. Lufthansa rejected this proposal and offered to raise the salary by at least 10%. 


Në përputhje me standarded JTI

Video

SHIKO KANALIN NE YOUTUBE
×