Airlines and airports have yet to provide traffic forecasts, however. Christof STACHE / AFP
The walkout is expected to have “strong repercussions, mainly on domestic flights, ranging from delays to cancellations,” says the German union behind the movement.
Employees at seven German airports, including the busy Frankfurt and Munich airports, are called to strike on Friday amid tense wage negotiations. The disengagement should cause “strong repercussions, mainly on domestic flights, ranging from delays to cancellations, even a partial stoppage of traffic”, indicates the German service union Verdi at the origin of the movement.
Airlines and airports have not yet provided traffic forecasts. “Workers are jointly putting pressure on their employers as negotiations have so far yielded no resultssaid Christine Behle, Vice President of Verdi, in a statement.
The Verdi union is currently carrying out branch negotiations for public sector workers, airport ground staff and air security personnel, to demand better wages to compensate for the loss of purchasing power linked to high inflation. The one-day work stoppage will affect the airports of the cities of Bremen, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich and Stuttgart.
“Inflation, high energy and food prices force many workers into a precarious situation“says Christine Behle. The union staged a similar strike at Berlin airport last month, resulting in the cancellation or rescheduling of around 300 flights.
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The inflation records recorded in recent months in Germany, with a peak of 10.4% in October, have strained annual wage negotiations in the various sectors of activity in the country, sometimes accompanied by work stoppages. The employees of the Post office have thus observed since the beginning of the year several days of strike, at the call of the union Verdi which claims in particular 15% of increase in wages.
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