A strike by ground personnel this Friday paralyzed seven of Germany’s main airports, such as Frankfurt, affecting 300,000 passengers in a protest demanding better wage conditions.
Passenger traffic was almost completely halted at Frankfurt airports, the largest in Germany and one of the busiest in Europe, in Munich, Stuttgart, Dortmund, Hannover, Bremen and Hamburg, while protests were staged at other airports such as Berlin, causing minor protests. violations.
The Verdi union has called for ground personnel (transport and security personnel, as well as municipal and regional staff such as firefighters) to strike at these airports to demand higher wages and working conditions.
The protest comes at a time when the union is demanding a 10.5% raise for 2.5 million workers and as regional and federal agreements for the transportation and airport security sectors are being revised.
The protest comes at a time when the union is demanding a 10.5% raise for 2.5 million workers and as regional and federal agreements for the transportation and airport security sectors are being revised.
However, flights to deliver humanitarian aid to Turkey’s earthquake victims will not be affected, and at Munich Airport, planes carrying officials attending the Munich Security Conference, a diplomatic event that brings together international leaders such as the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, and which runs from this Friday to Sunday.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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