The pilots of holiday airline Eurowings want to strike again in the collective labor agreement dispute about better working hours. The pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) called on its members to strike for three days at midnight on Monday. The offer made by the employer this week is non-negotiable.
The union is demanding longer rest periods and shorter deployment because the flight crew is overworked.
Management had described the demands as excessive. They would make 20 percent of flights impossible and endanger jobs.
“This strike would not be necessary if Eurowings negotiated with us on an equal footing,” explains VC spokesman Matthias Baier. But the management is playing with the times, so that the employees with a strike should build up pressure. Pilots of the Lufthansa subsidiary had already shut down for a day at the beginning of October. The airline had to cancel about 250 flights. About 30,000 passengers had to change their travel plans.
Source: Krone
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