A 24-hour strike at seven German airports is ready to have an effect on nearly 300,000 passengers as unionised employees press their demand for prime wages.
“The terminals are empty this morning,” mentioned a spokesperson for the airport in Hamburg on Friday, including that only a few of the 32,000 passengers affected had turned up.
About 295,000 passengers are affected by the cancellation of some 2340 flights at Bremen, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich and Stuttgart airports, in response to the ADV airports affiliation.
“When we look at the airport terminals this morning, it reminds us more of the worst days of the coronavirus and less of a warning strike,” ADV’s Ralph Beisel informed broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk.
German commerce union Verdi introduced the strike on Wednesday after it mentioned collective bargaining efforts for floor service employees, public sector officers and aviation safety employees had made little progress.
“If nothing is done about pay now, we will all be in for another chaotic summer,” Verdi deputy chair Christine Behle informed Inforadio on Friday.
“It’s about sending a really strong signal.”
The strike coincides with the 59th Munich Security Conference.
Romania’s international minister, who was set to reach on one of many cancelled flights, would fly to Austria as a substitute after which make the four-hour-plus drive to Munich, a Romanian embassy official mentioned.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
