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Employees demonstrate in front of the Lufthansa Technik premises in Hamburg. The warning strike for passenger-related areas is due to end at 7.10 a.m. on 9 March. According to Lufthansa, around 200,000 passengers are likely to be affected by cancellations and delays in air traffic.
Ulrich Perrey/dpa© DPA International
The Ufo union is calling on some 19,000 flight attendants at German carrier Lufthansa and its subsidiary Lufthansa Cityline to go on strike on Tuesday and Wednesday, the union announced.
The strike will affect all departures from Frankfurt from 4 am (0300 GMT) to 11 pm on Tuesday and all departures from Munich on Wednesday, the union said on Saturday evening.
More than 96% of flight attendants of the core company and at Lufthansa Cityline had previously voted for industrial action in separate strike ballots, Ufo said.
The union stressed that Lufthansa had announced a record result of almost €1.7 billion ($1.86 billion) in net profit on Thursday - the third best in the group's history.
"The cabin must now also be involved in this success and the concessions made during the coronavirus crisis must be sufficiently compensated," said Joachim Vázquez Bürger, UFO board chairman.
UFO is essentially demanding a 15% increase for the cabin crew and also wants to achieve an inflation compensation bonus of €3,000.
The union has rejected Lufthansa's offers in separate collective bargaining negotiations as inadequate.
Last week, ground staff organized by another union, verdi, paralyzed much of Lufthansa's passenger traffic with what was now their fifth wave of warning strikes.
The Ufo union is calling on some 19,000 flight attendants at German carrier Lufthansa and its subsidiary Lufthansa Cityline to go on strike on Tuesday and Wednesday, the union announced.
The strike will affect all departures from Frankfurt from 4 am (0300 GMT) to 11 pm on Tuesday and all departures from Munich on Wednesday, the union said on Saturday evening.
More than 96% of flight attendants of the core company and at Lufthansa Cityline had previously voted for industrial action in separate strike ballots, Ufo said.
The union stressed that Lufthansa had announced a record result of almost €1.7 billion ($1.86 billion) in net profit on Thursday - the third best in the group's history.
"The cabin must now also be involved in this success and the concessions made during the coronavirus crisis must be sufficiently compensated," said Joachim Vázquez Bürger, UFO board chairman.
UFO is essentially demanding a 15% increase for the cabin crew and also wants to achieve an inflation compensation bonus of €3,000.
The union has rejected Lufthansa's offers in separate collective bargaining negotiations as inadequate.
Last week, ground staff organized by another union, verdi, paralyzed much of Lufthansa's passenger traffic with what was now their fifth wave of warning strikes.
Airport ground staff, which includes technicians, logistics and counter staff, previously went on strike in February.
The two unions Ufo and verdi operate independently of one another and are considered rivals.
The final effects of the most recent strike, which lasted more than two days, were still felt on Saturday morning with some flight cancellations and delays.
Employees demonstrate in front of the Lufthansa Technik premises in Hamburg. The warning strike for passenger-related areas is due to end at 7.10 a.m. on 9 March. According to Lufthansa, around 200,000 passengers are likely to be affected by cancellations and delays in air traffic. Ulrich Perrey/dpa© DPA International
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