800 flights cancelled and 130000pax trips disrupted:
https://www.lufthansagroup.com/en/ne...september.html
Lufthansa has to cancel 800 flights at its hubs in Frankfurt and Munich for Friday, with single flights also being cancelled as early as today, Thursday 1 September. An estimated 130,000 passengers will be affected, in view of the upcoming weekend, the end of the holidays in some parts of Europe. Lufthansa is working with joint forces to return its flight operations to a normal status as quickly as possible. Nevertheless, the effects of the strike may still lead to individual flight cancellations or delays this Saturday and Sunday.
Eurowings and Eurowings Discover are not affected by the strike call and are scheduled to operate as planned. Passengers affected by cancellations will be informed immediately today and rebooked on alternative flights if possible.
Michael Niggemann, Chief Human Resources Officer and Labor Director of Deutsche Lufthansa AG:
"We cannot understand VC's call for a strike. The management has made a very good and socially balanced offer – despite the continuing burdens of the Covid crisis and uncertain prospects for the global economy. This escalation comes at the expense of many thousands of customers." Specifically, the Group has presented an offer with an 18-month term, in which pilots at Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cargo will receive a total of 900 euros more in basic pay per month in two stages. This will benefit entry-level salaries in particular. An entry-level co-pilot will receive more than 18 percent additional basic pay over the duration of the agreement, while a captain in the final stage will receive five percent. With the agreement for the ground staff, the Group has shown that it is prepared to make significant pay increases.
As an alternative, VC has been offered the option of allocating all or part of this volume elsewhere, for example for structural changes such as adjustments to the pay scale. In addition, the Group is offering VC the opportunity to jointly conclude a new Perspective Agreement (German: ‘Perspektivvereinbarung’ / PPV), which Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cargo cockpit staff a minimum fleet size.
VCs counter:
https://www.vcockpit.de/presse/press...ekuendigt.html
Matthias Baier, Pressesprecher der Vereinigung Cockpit, erklärt hierzu: „Im Bewusstsein unserer Verantwortung für Unternehmen und Gäste wollten wir nichts unversucht lassen und haben trotz unzureichendem Angebot und gescheiterten Verhandlungen einen weiteren Verhandlungstermin angeboten. Wir haben auch heute kein ausreichendes Angebot erhalten. Das ist ernüchternd und eine vertane Chance.
Die Verhandlungen sind gescheitert.
Der Arbeitgeber hat den gestrigen Verhandlungstermin zwar wahrgenommenen, aber nicht genutzt, um sich mit einem verbesserten Angebot auf die Forderungen der Gewerkschaft zuzubewegen.
Daher bleibt uns nur, mit einem Arbeitskampf unseren Forderungen Nachdruck zu verleihen.“
Die Pilotinnen und Piloten sind nun am 02. September 2022 in der Zeit zwischen 00:01 und 23:59 bei der Lufthansa Cargo sowie der Deutschen Lufthansa AG zum Streik aufgerufen.
„Um Arbeitskämpfe abzuwenden, muss Lufthansa ein deutlich verbessertes Angebot vorlegen“, so Marcel Gröls, Vorsitzender Tarifpolitik der VC. „Aktuell liegen wir zu weit auseinander. Neben dem Ausgleich des Reallohnverlustes, brauchen wir jetzt vor allem eine zukunftsfähige Lösung für die Vergütungsstruktur in allen Berufsgruppen.“