I have a Z fare VCE-FRA-ORD next week. If a strike happens will I have some ability to suggest an alternative routing on another *A carrier of my choice, or must my choice be to accept what they offer or a refund? My concern is I must make the trip, but for what I paid I certainly wouldn't be happy if my only options were UA or US.
Looks like no full scale walk out is imminent but the union announced that it would stage short term work stoppages on little or now notice. Reminds me of the Ground Worker strikes earlier this year.
We confirm that negotiations with UFO have broken down today. Although Lufthansa and UFO exchanged proposals for resolving the collective bargaining dispute until the end, the differing positions on core issues could not be reconciled.
At this time we do not yet have any information regarding the impact this will have on flights. We will keep you updated here on facebook as well as at www.lufthansa.com.
Lufthansa continues to focus on a comprehensive and forward-looking solution with UFO.
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It looks like LH was unwilling to make concessions on splitting of the regional A32S crew into a direct4U type operation, which UFO wants to retain in order to keep the life of LH classic/mainline crew comfortable.
If you read the above I doubt we will see strike action this week. Probably because they failed to keep the wage negotiations separate from the discussions on the future of LH mainline/direct4U staffing. On the wage discussions they can strike, mentioning the other topics as a reason may convince a court to declare the strike illegal.
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UFO is a union, FAs are either members or not. AFAIK no other union represents the cabin, ver.di is the union that leads the rest of the LH employees, VC represents pilots. During strike action union members strike and get paid by the union. In case of legal action against employee for refusing to work, the union helps out. You need to pay >0.5% of you gross income to be a member of the union.
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It will affect LH mainline, so LH will cancel feeder flights and use the crews that report to work to operate the longhaul. The regional LH carriers (CL/IQ/EN/EW/etc) should operate normally.
