staff strike A protest struck by airport employers has paralyzed seven major airports in Germany this Friday, including Frankfurt, which has the EU’s highest air traffic. 300,000 travelers nationwide.
Passenger traffic is almost completely suspended at the airports of Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart (south of Germany), Dortmund (west), Hanover, Bremen and Hamburg (north). At other airports, such as Berlin, there were warning stops that caused minor restrictions.
Ver.di association called strike of some of the ground personnel – those belonging to municipal and regional services, such as transport and security workers and firefighters – at these airports to demand better wages and working conditions.
“If nothing happens on wages now, then we’re all back in a chaotic summer and we should avoid it at all costs.”Christine Behle, Ver.di’s vice president, told radio station “RBB”.
Protest comes at a time when Ver.di demands 10.5 percent salary increase for 2.5 million employees of the central government and when renegotiating regional and federal agreements for German municipalities and the transport and airport security sectors.
Airport employers’ association ADV described the strike as follows: called for “unprecedented ascent” on the same Wednesday and confirmed that it had forced its estimates to cancel 2,340 flights, leaving 300,000 passengers on the ground.
But, Planes carrying humanitarian aid for earthquake victims in Turkey will not be affected by the protest.
In addition, although Munich airport has suspended regular passenger traffic, yes, the planes of the official representatives attending the Security Conference that will start this Friday in that city will land there. and Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States.
However, the cancellation of commercial flights affects many other international speakers who are not members of governments. and that they had to change their travel plans at the last moment.
to them, heThe organizers of the conference recommended traveling by train or from Nuremberg airport (south). Who is not affected by the strike?