Germany’s central bank, the Bundesbank, has cited the strikes as one potential factor in the country’s GDP contracting by 0.3% year-on-year in the final quarter of 2023 and shrinking over the entire year combined.

Ohh, the economy, the sacred economy! Of course, it’s the fault of workers striking, it has nothing to do with a decade of neoliberal policy and sticking your head in the sand about both the climate and Putin!

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Lufthansa ground staff are to go on strike for three days beginning Wednesday as a wage dispute between the German flag carrier airline and trade unions continues.

The announcement by the trade union Verdi comes just seven days after the last one-day ground personnel strike on February 20.

Since then, Lufthansa has made another “improved” offer, according to head of human resources Michael Niggemann, which included bringing forward the first of two wage increases from December to March this year and a quicker pay-out of a €3,000 inflation compensation bonus.

Accusing Lufthansa of failing to enter into mediation, the union says it is intentionally striking in such a way so as not to disrupt passengers — but it said that this could change in future should demands not be met.

“In our first step, we are responding to the employer’s attempt to ride this out by not disrupting passangers,” chief negotiator Marvin Reschinsky said, without explaining precisely how this would be achieved.

Germany’s central bank, the Bundesbank, has cited the strikes as one potential factor in the country’s GDP contracting by 0.3% year-on-year in the final quarter of 2023 and shrinking over the entire year combined.

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