German cabin crew union says to strike next week at Germanwings

Record ID: 1450392

  • Title: German cabin crew union says to strike next week at Germanwings
  • Date: 27th December 2019
  • Summary: MOERFELDEN-WALLDORF, GERMANY (DECEMBER 27, 2019) (REUTERS) 'UFO LABOUR UNION'-LOGO (SOUNDBITE) (German) UFO LABOUR UNION SPOKESMAN, NICOLEY BAUBLIES, SAYING: "Ufo held difficult negotiations with 5 company airlines and failed. Still we are announcing strikes from 30.12. at 0000 cet to 01.01. at 2400 cet only at Germanwings. As far as Lufthansa doesn't add fuel to the fire, we won't escalate it." UFO LOGO / PICTURE OF AIRPLANE (SOUNDBITE) (German) UFO LABOUR UNION SPOKESMAN, NICOLEY BAUBLIES, SAYING: "If they won't give in or there are even more court cases or playing little games, then we will have to announce strikes also for other airlines during the Germanwings strike. They will be more substantial, they will be longer, one knows that, but at some point also this company has to understand that there have to be legally-binding and acceptable conditions for the staff in the various operations." CAMERA
  • Embargoed: 10th January 2020 16:58
  • Keywords: Germanwings Lufthansa cabin crew strike union
  • Location: MOERFELDEN-WALLDORF, COLOGNE, BERLIN, GERMANY
  • City: MOERFELDEN-WALLDORF, COLOGNE, BERLIN, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Economic Events
  • Reuters ID: LVA001BBR4UX9
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: German cabin crew will go on strike from Monday to Wednesday next week at Lufthansa's budget airline Germanwings, the UFO labour union said on Friday (December 27).
    The strike is an escalation of a months-long dispute with Lufthansa and its subsidiaries over pay and pensions.
    Lufthansa management and UFO last month agreed to enter large-scale arbitration talks in an effort to avert further strikes.
    But union officials said there has been little progress.
    A Lufthansa board member, Detlef Kayser, said in an emailed statement on Friday that the union had failed to provide in writing the demands of its representatives.
    Lufthansa cabin crew held a strike for two days in November, resulting in the cancellation of one in five flights, affecting around 180,000 passengers and costing the airline 10-20 million euros ($11-$22 million).
    (Production: Hakan Erdem, Ulrike Heil)
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