Lufthansa and the union representing their cabin crews failed to reach any semblance of a consensus during an 11th hour meeting in an attempt to head off strikes.
As a result, the union has announced that it will immediately begin planning their schedule of strikes for the coming week (between November 6 and 13). They indicated that no strikes would take place before 06:00 local Frankfurt time tomorrow. At the same time however, they suggested that strikes would begin tomorrow and there would be work stoppages.
If your travels include LH over the next week, you should probably call the airline or your travel agent so that you can be reaccommodated. In the past, LH has made it fairly easy to be rebooked onto another LH Group or Star Alliance member flight.
I’m curious how long it will take for the German public to wake up and see just how destructive this kind of behavior has been to both the airline and the country. Its one thing for a union to protect an employee and represent their best interests, it’s a wholly other thing to take a company and the public as hostages while they try to extort unreasonable solutions.
Is my opinion obvious?
Quite obvious. I used to be a loyal Lufthansa flyer, but because of the strikes I avoid Lufthansa whenever possible now. Not long ago I barely made it back home before one of their ludicrous strikes started, ruining travel and vacation plans for thousands of people whose only mistake was booking their flights a few hours after mine.
There’s a difference between a strike at a coal mine and a strike at a major transportation provider on which hundreds of thousands of people (holding confirmed reservations and paid-for seats) depend. I sort of wish Lufthansa management would grow a pair and pull a Ronald Reagan on the strikers. In the meantime, I fly United and British Airways to Europe now. Auf Wiedersehen, Lufthansa…
I agree, but unfortunately when the inmates run the asylum its impossible to find rationale solutions. Also, German law forbids an employer from wholesale firings in an attempt to circumvent labor agreements. Only bankruptcy would allow or that kind of restructuring….
Dan Leifker you are ridiculous. Workers have legitimate grievances with LH and it must be dealt with in negotiations, arbitration or the legal system.
Your suggestion that LH fire their workforce so you can get to your destination speak volumes of you’re entitled and to hell with workers rights or management obligations under law.