Accordingly, the collective agreement has existed since 2015 “without any adjustments”. Since then, the workload has “increased significantly,” argued VC. The union is demanding relief for employees – for example by reducing the maximum flight duty times and increasing the rest periods.
The union accused the Eurowings management of “lack of accommodation” and a lack of willingness to find a solution, so there was no choice but to call for a strike. “We regret the restrictions on passengers,” the union said.
At the beginning of September, a pilots’ strike at the parent company almost completely paralyzed Lufthansa’s flight operations. It was about wage demands of the VC. Eurowings flights were not affected at the time.
