Numerous flights canceled: security personnel are on strike at eight airports

Numerous flights canceled
Security personnel are on strike at eight airports

In the wage dispute in the airport security industry, there have been several warning strikes in recent weeks. Now the security staff at eight German airports are downing their work again. Only a few connections are still possible, the majority of flights have to be cancelled.

Because of a warning strike by security personnel, many connections at German airports were canceled on Tuesday morning. In Hamburg, all departures were canceled because the security checks for passengers remain closed all day. Air traffic is very restricted at the capital’s BER airport, a Verdi representative said in the morning. Frankfurt Airport called on passengers not to arrive because they cannot reach their flights due to the lack of controls. However, transfer connections should be possible at the most important German hub.

The union has called for walkouts at a total of eight airports. In addition to Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt, these are Bremen, Hanover, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf and Cologne/Bonn.

Last week, Verdi had already carried out all-day warning strikes at several airports, which led to protests at airports and airlines. The background to this is the collective bargaining that Verdi is conducting with the Federal Association of Aviation Security Companies. A fifth round is scheduled for Thursday in Raunheim near Frankfurt.

The security checks are under the supervision of the Federal Police and are largely outsourced to private service providers. Only in Bavaria are inspectors paid according to the collective agreement for the public service and therefore do not go on strike. Verdi is calling for wages in aviation security services to be increased by at least one euro per hour. Regional adjustments and unified collective bargaining groups could become much more expensive, which, according to employers, would bring up to 40 percent more salary for individual employees.

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