The warning strike affects employees and trainees in the areas of technology, aviation training and technical training, Verdi announced on Tuesday evening. Depending on the location, employees of technical logistics and technical logistics services would join the strike.
Since a warning strike was only called for in the technology sector, no failures are to be expected in either the passenger or cargo sectors. According to Verdi, the extent of the work stoppage is therefore smaller.
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So far, Verdi has led two warning strikes lasting more than a day during the conflict, during which several hundred flights were canceled each time. Verdi recently rejected a new offer from Lufthansa as inadequate following two days of collective bargaining. Lufthansa made this proposal following the latest wave of warning strikes by ground staff. “We have once once more taken a big step towards Verdi and presented a new, even improved offer,” Human Resources Director Michael Niggemann recently announced. In detail, the first of two planned table increases of 4 percent would be brought forward from December 2024 to March of this year. In addition, the inflation compensation bonus of 3,000 euros should be paid out more quickly.
Verdi has now announced that the group has essentially only improved its offer in two areas: the zero months that still exist in the new offer have been reduced, and the sustainable salary increase has been improved by 0.5 percent. At the same time, Lufthansa extended the term of its offer once more by three months to a total of 28 months. The union criticized the core demand of 12.5 percent set by Verdi, but at least 500 euros more per month, not being achieved in the new offer, which is more than twice as long as the demand. The already agreed fifth hearing date will take place on March 13th and 14th.
