Warning strike at German airports

Many connections at Düsseldorf and Cologne/Bonn airports will be canceled on Monday due to the warning strikes. The first job layoff began late Sunday evening. According to the Verdi union, aviation safety workers in Cologne/Bonn – namely staff and property control and load control workers – were called to join the warning strike. “All checkpoints have been closed,” a Verdi spokesperson said late Sunday evening.

The airport (Sunday afternoon) announced that 131 passenger flights scheduled between 6 am on Monday and 6 am on Tuesday would not be able to operate. 136 units were regularly planned during this period. In Düsseldorf, it was assumed that around 200 takeoffs and landings would be canceled, with 330 flight departures originally scheduled for Monday.

The Verdi and Komba unions called for a warning strike. This is backed by negotiations at the federal and municipal level for public sector workers, and nationwide negotiations for aviation safety workers.

The warning strike will begin Monday morning at Düsseldorf Airport. The airport said they wanted to continue emergency operations in any case. Emergency service agreements were made with unions. Finally, about the ambulance and relief flights.

In Cologne, there were also legal disputes between the airport and Verdi over the occupation of the airport fire department. In the end, both sides agreed that 24 emergency workers should be involved during the warning strike.

In addition to the two largest airports in North Rhine-Westphalia, warning strikes were also launched in the most populous federal state on Monday in many other areas of public life, such as buses and light rail, kindergartens and offices. Several rallies are also planned.

Verdi announced that, among other things, many nurseries in Cologne, Bonn, Troisdorf, Hennef and Gummersbach will be affected by the warning strikes. Municipal hospitals and garbage collection companies in the Verdi district of Cologne-Bonn-Leverkusen were also affected. Citizens would have to be prepared for longer waiting times in offices. In Münsterland, Verdi called for a warning strike in some city administrations and municipal companies.

Employers had submitted a bid for employees in federal and local governments during nationwide negotiations. It includes, among other things, a five percent fee increase in two steps and one-off payments for a total of 2,500 euros. The unions rejected the offer, finding it unsatisfactory. Verdi and the civil servants’ association claim 10.5 percent more income, but at least 500 euros more per month. The collective bargaining agreement is scheduled to continue on 27 March.

(SDA)

Source :Blick