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The strike paralyzes the airports in Germany, the salary increase is demanded

2023-02-16 08:14:51Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The strike paralyzes the airports in Germany, the salary increase is demanded

The union ver.di has announced a strike for Friday at airports in Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Dortmund, Hannover and Bremen.

The union is in difficult negotiations for the salary increase of employees in public services at the level of the state, cities and municipalities. Airport staff are often paid according to collective agreements. At the same time, negotiations are continuing for the salaries of the rest of the staff, as well as those employed in flight control.

Don't come to airports

The Fraport service, which manages Germany's largest airport, that of Frankfurt, advises travelers not to come there at all on Friday. "Due to the strike, all tasks that enable smooth air traffic have been suspended," the press release states.

The specific delay or cancellation of flights is a matter for the airline. Apparently, they will contact passengers on Wednesday or Thursday. A total of 1,005 take-offs and landings with 137,000 passengers were scheduled for Friday alone in Frankfurt.

It is interesting that the Security Conference in Munich starts on Friday, which gathers statesmen, experts and lobbyists from all over the world. In the ver.di union, they say that only the official planes of the officials will be able to land, while all the other guests of the Conference must make it on their own.

All prices have increased, and so have wages

The strike is just one in a series of activities aimed at increasing wages for people who work for the state, cities or municipalities. Employees of urban transport companies or kindergarten teachers in some cities have already gone on strike these days.

Before the second round of negotiations (February 22), the unions demand a salary increase of 10.5 percent, but that the minimum increase goes to at least 500 euros per month gross. Municipalities and cities reject the demands as unrealistic. They are employers for around 2.5 million people in Germany.

"Inflation, high energy and food prices are pushing many workers into insecurity," Christina Belle, vice president of ver.di, told the Handelsblatt newspaper. "Many don't know how to pay the rent or fill the fridge. They need a lot more money to make ends meet."

The fall of the site

But even before the strike, German air traffic was affected by serious problems. On Wednesday (February 15th), it was announced that a large number of flights of Lufthansa, Germany's largest airline, had been canceled or diverted to other airports due to problems with the IT system.

As said, the problem is the systems, there is no access to passenger data and many planes cannot take off. There were large crowds at Frankfurt and Munich, Lufthansa's two main airports./ DW


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