On Tuesday there will be a strike at the airports of Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg and Hanover – flights to and from Vienna will also be affected. Of the four German cities, the destinations of Berlin, Hamburg and Hanover are scheduled for tomorrow, 29 flights were scheduled, of which 20 are canceled from today’s perspective, a Vienna Airport spokesman said.
“We recommend that all travelers check with their airline or tour operator about their flight,” the airport said. A total of 351 rooms were canceled as a result of the strike by the German trade union Verdi. The union criticized that travelers would again become a pawn in the labor dispute and complained that the announcement came at short notice. Passengers would hardly have the chance to look for alternatives.
Verdi: The allowances have not been increased since 2006
The reason for this, according to the union, is the failed collective bargaining negotiations about paying aviation security employees for work at inconvenient times. But negotiations for employees in ground handling services and employees in the public sector at the federal and local level also played a role. Verdi says he has been negotiating with the Federal Association of Aviation Security Companies (BDLS) for years. The allowances have not improved since 2006 and there has been an increase from 2013. The employers have not yet made an offer. The BDLS initially had no comment.
Customers were offered rebooking on the train
At the capital’s BER airport, the warning strike will begin at 3:30 a.m. Monday and end at midnight. According to the airport, there are no regular departures. An airport spokesman said about 200 takeoffs and about 27,000 passengers were affected. Many airlines also canceled their flights to Berlin-Brandenburg Airport this Monday, the airport’s website reported on Sunday. The situation is changing, according to the airport spokesman. Travelers were asked to check flight status with their airline. When asked, the airline Eurowings said that customers had been given as many alternatives or rebookings as possible on the train.
Strike in Hamburg since Sunday evening
The warning strike of workers at Hamburg airport started on Sunday evening. “The strike started on time,” union secretary Lars Stubbe of Verdi told the German news agency. According to the airport, all 123 originally planned take-offs and at least 50 of the 121 originally planned landings in Hamburg have been canceled for Monday.
According to Verdi, it can be assumed that no passenger planes can take off or land at Hanover and Bremen airports on Monday. In Hanover, 35 departures and 34 arrivals were originally planned for Monday. The strike has been announced for 24 hours from midnight. Originally, 20 departures and 19 arrivals were planned in Bremen.
Strikes can only be the beginning
The warning strikes at the airports can only be the prelude to further work stoppages in other parts of the transport sector. The railway and transport association EVG is currently negotiating new collective agreements with Deutsche Bahn and 50 other railway companies. By March 23, she will have met each of these companies at least once. After that, an assessment will be made and further measures will be taken, an EVG spokesperson said over the weekend.
Source: Krone
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