Status: 04.10.2022 18:37
The pilots’ union VC has announced a 24-hour strike at the Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings for Thursday. Negotiations on the collective bargaining agreement failed.
In the dispute over working conditions at Eurowings, the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) pilots’ union called for an all-day strike at the Lufthansa subsidiary on Thursday. The labor dispute at the low-cost airline lasts from 00:00 to 23:59, VC announced today. The negotiations on the general collective agreement at Eurowings have failed. Ten rounds of talks would not have led to any significant rapprochement.
The central requirement of the VC is the relief of the employees, for example by reducing the maximum flight duty times and increasing the rest periods. There have been no adjustments since 2015. Cockpit spokesman Matthias Baier told the union that its members would actively participate in the strike tagesschau.de With.
labor dispute the last choice
The workload has increased significantly, the union said. “The employer regularly exhausts the working time of the colleagues up to the permissible maximum, that can’t be a permanent situation.” We regret the restrictions on passengers. However, due to the lack of accommodation on the part of the management, the only option left at the moment is to enforce the demands with a labor dispute.
The Eurowings fleet consists of a total of 75 aircraft. How many flights were canceled depends on how well the airline manages to organize alternative connections, says Baier. The strike is explicitly only about Eurowings and not about Eurowings Discover.
“We are open to talks about how we can achieve reasonable working hours for Eurowings employees in the long term,” said Marcel Gröls, Chairman of the Cockpit Association. So far, however, it has not been possible to agree on a common path with the employer. “It’s not enough to sit at the negotiating table, you also have to be willing to find a solution and not present counter-demands as an offer.”