Collective bargaining
Verdi wants to paralyze big German airports with warning strikes
Verdi ignites the next escalation level in the public service tariff dispute. The new warning strike truck aims at sensitive infrastructure at large airports.
The Verdi union is expanding its warning strikes to the larger German airports on Monday. The employees of the public service and ground traffic services at the airports Munich, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Hanover, Bremen, Hamburg, Berlin-Brandenburg and Leipzig-Hall are called.
The background is the collective bargaining dispute with the federal government and the municipalities, in which the next round of negotiation is due in mid -March. Most recently, employees in health and nursing homes as well as in kindergartens and other social institutions. Even a larger part of the staff at large German airports such as in Frankfurt or Munich is still paid according to the public service tariff rules.
Verdi wants all -day warning strike
The 24-hour strike is scheduled to start on Monday at 00:00 and will continue until 11:59 p.m. The strikers should meet a rally in the morning.
In the current tariff round, the airports in Cologne, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Munich were strike, where there were numerous flight cancellations. At Frankfurt Airport, the public staff last held a warning strike in March 2023- at the same time coordinated with the railway and traffic union (EVG).
The union criticizes that employers from the federal and municipalities had not submitted a offer in the second round of collective bargaining in mid -February. Verdi calls for a tariff increase in a volume of eight percent, but at least 350 euros more per month, and higher surcharges for work to be stressed and unfavorable. The training allowances and internship fees are to be raised by 200 euros per month. The union also demands three additional days off.
Air traffic sector acid
Employers have rejected these claims as unavailable. The collective bargaining will continue on March 14th to 16th in Potsdam.
Lufthansa as well as the ADV airport association have criticized the strikes at the nodes of the traffic infrastructure. “Two-day strikes that perform German metropolitan regions from international air traffic have long since had nothing to do with warning strikes,” said ADV general manager Ralph Beisel according to the warning strikes in Munich and Hamburg.
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Source: Stern
