At 13 airports in Germany at midnight from Sunday to Monday, warning strikes began, calling for the Verdi trade union and will last 24 hours. They were involved in public service employees, ground service and security departments, a DPA spokesman confirmed.
Warning strikes relate to airports in Hamburg, Bremen, Hanover, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Cologne/Bonne, Leipzig/Halle, Frankfurt am Main, Stuttgart, Munich, Weeze near Düsseldorf and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden. On the last two, only employees in the safety sector were invited to the strike, who are in charge of the control of passengers, staff, goods and cargo, as in service services.
During the strike, air transport will stop in most Germany. According to the initial estimate of the Association of German Commercial Airports (ADV), more than 3400 flights are expected to be canceled, which will affect approximately 510,000 passengers. According to Deutsche Flugsicherung, which is in charge of air traffic management, German airports are currently overreach of an average of approximately 6,000 flights per day.
Fraport warned that no passengers will be able to start at the Frankfurt Airport and the strike will almost certainly affect transit traffic. On Monday, 1170 take -offs and landings with a total of approximately 150,000 passengers were planned.
Within collective bargaining, Verdi requires, among other things, a salary increase of eight percent, but at least EUR 350 per month, as well as three extra days off. Employers have not yet submitted a specific offer. In the field of Verdi air safety, among other things, it requires improving health protection, 30 days of holiday and additional holiday holidays for changes and freedom of choice of physician for regular compulsory medical examinations of employees.
The Executive Director of the Union of the German Aviation Industry (BDL) Joachim Lang considers the warning strikes to be disproportionate. “The entire transport sector will be shut down across the board, although airports and airlines, as well as restaurants, retail and hotels are not tariff partners. The tariff conflict will be carried exclusively by passengers on their shoulders before starting the next round of negotiations, ”criticized Lang, who demands new rules for critical infrastructure strikes.
