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Lufthansa pilots strike for 2 days, cabin crew will follow

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Lufthansa pilots strike for 2 days, cabin crew will follow [Deutsche Welle] 24-04-2026


Lufthansa union calls 2-day pilots’ strike [CTV] 12-04-2026


IG Metall challenges Tesla works council election over intimidation and threats [IndustriALL] 27-03-2026


/ Spain Amazon workers strike in Germany, Spain on Black Friday [Reuters] 26-03-2026


Union calls for strike at Berlin airport on Wednesday [Reuters] 17-03-2026



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Warning strike ahead of next round of negotiations with Deutsche Telekom 2026-04-29 [The Market Screener]

Deutsche Telekom Faces Growing Labour Disruption as Ver.di Widens Strike Action 2026-04-29 [Ad Hoc News]

Lufthansa pilots strike for 2 days, cabin crew will follow 2026-04-24 [Deutsche Welle]

Lufthansa, pilots union deadlocked on arbitration offer 2026-04-16 [Reuters]

Lufthansa hit by serious strike action 2026-04-15 [China Daily]

Global PSI Mourns the Passing of Its Former Vice-President Herbert Mai, Former Chair of ver.di’s Founding Union ÖTV 2026-04-15 [PSI]

Luftansa pilots to strike for 2 more days 2026-04-15 [Deutsche Welle]

Lufthansa cabin crew union calls for strike on Wednesday and Thursday 2026-04-14 [Reuters]

Germany Remembering Herbert Mai, EPSU President from 1996 to 2001 2026-04-14 [EPSU]

IGBCE signs major agreement for pay and job security 2026-04-13 [IndustriAll Europe]

Pilots' union calls strikes at Lufthansa on April 13, 14 2026-04-12 [Reuters]

Public transport workers strike across Bavaria, causing major disruptions 2026-04-12 [Mezha]

Lufthansa union calls 2-day pilots’ strike 2026-04-12 [CTV]

Lufthansa Pilot Strike On Monday-Tuesday April 13-14, 2026 – Most Flights To Be Cancelled! 2026-04-12 [Loyalty Lobby]

Lufthansa cabin crew to strike on Friday 2026-04-09 [Deutsche Welle]

Organising green workers! 2026-04-02 [ICL-CIT]

IG Metall challenges Tesla works council election over intimidation and threats 2026-03-27 [IndustriALL]

Spain Amazon workers strike in Germany, Spain on Black Friday 2026-03-26 [Reuters]

Bus and tram strikes hit several states hard 2026-03-20 [Deutsche Welle]

Flights halted at Berlin airport 2026-03-20 [Reuters]

Germany Exhibition on Repression in Belarus Opens in Bremen on the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners 2026-03-19 [salidarnast]

Union calls for strike at Berlin airport on Wednesday 2026-03-17 [Reuters]

Lufthansa's confrontational approach: Verdi initiates strike vote after rejected offer 2026-03-11 [Aviation.Direct]

Lufthansa Faces New Flight Attendant Strike Risk After Union Clash 2026-03-10 [The Traveller]

Lufthansa Faces Rising Flight Attendant Strike Risk After Union Rejects Work Changes 2026-03-10 [Travel and Tour World]

India Workers in Germany mobilise against BASF plans to relocate jobs to India 2026-03-09 [IndustriAll Europe]

Union fails to win control of works council at Tesla’s German factory 2026-03-06 [The Guardian]

Union aims for breakthrough at Tesla Berlin plant 2026-03-04 [Reuters]

Showdown looms between Tesla and German union 2026-03-02 [Delta News]

Travel chaos as public transport workers stage nationwide strike 2026-02-28 [The Bastille Post]

'Sacrificed futures': German chemical workers protest looming job cuts 2026-02-28 [Yahoo]

Germany strengthens collective bargaining through procurement 2026-02-27 [UNI Global Union]

Drastic cost-cutting plan impacts international public broadcaster DW 2026-02-20 [EFJ]

IG Metall Accuses Tesla of Union Interference, Sues Berlin Plant Manager 2026-02-19 [Electric Vehicles]

Germany's far-right woos unhappy car workers 2026-02-14 [Reuters]

Hundreds of flights grounded in Germany as Lufthansa workers strike 2026-02-13 [The Nation]

Country braces for more strikes in 2026 2026-02-13 [Deutsche Welle]

Public sector workers strike over pay demands 2026-02-12 [Anadolu Ajansı]

Lufthansa faces major flight disruptions on Thursday due to strikes 2026-02-11 [GBFR]

Public Sector Unions Launch Warning Strikes Ahead of Wage Talks 2026-02-10 [Mezha]

Public services paralyzed by ver.di strike in cities in Baden-Württemberg this Monday 2026-02-09 [mix vale]

Public Transport Strike Alert for February as Verdi Targets Major Cities 2026-02-09 [FTN News]

Global German supply chain act is working – But planned weakening poses major risks 2026-02-09 [UNI Global Union]

Public Service Worker Strike 2026-02-08 [Countercurrents]

Verdi announces more public sector strikes 2026-02-07 [DPA]

Germany Strategy of Trade Unions on Applying ILO Article 33 to Belarus Discussed in Bremen 2026-02-06 [salidarnast]

Lecturers join 12,000-person strike for higher pay 2026-02-03 [Research Proferssional News]

Tens of thousands of transport workers walk off job in Germany 2026-02-02 [Devi Discourse]

Europe European Transport Workers Stand in Solidarity with German Public Transport Strike 2026-02-02 [ETF]

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This month in labour history

2-04-1920 Military forces began assault against the workers' uprising in the Ruhr, Germany. The Social Democrats sent troops, including proto-fascists who tried to overthrow them like the Freikorps, to massacre workers, killing at least 1000. [more]

3-04-1920 The KAPD (Communist Workers' Party of Germany) was formed. In contrast to the KPD (the official Communist Party), which tried to get into government, the KAPD stood for direct action under the control of workers themselves. [more]

3-04-1920 Von Watter's troops recover by arms, the Ruhr. Soon, heavy sentences will be pronounced against the militant workers. A month after the putsch's defeat by the general strike, the accomplices of the putschists take their revenge. [more]

7-04-1919 Workers' councils declared the Bavarian Council Republic in Germany. However troops sent by the Social Democratic government crushed the rebellion at the end of the month, killing hundreds. [more]