- Workers at 13 airports in Germany went on strike, canceling many flights
- he strike lasted 24 hours and involved airport and security staff
- The strike is due to pay disputes for airport workers and government employees
A one-day strike by workers at 13 German airports, including big ones like Frankfurt and Munich, caused most flights to be canceled on Monday.
The 24-hour strike started at midnight and involved public-sector workers, including ground and security staff at the airports.
At Frankfurt Airport, 1,054 out of 1,116 flights were canceled.
All flights at Berlin Airport were canceled, while Hamburg Airport said there would be no departures, and Cologne/Bonn Airport had no regular passenger flights. Munich Airport warned travelers that there would be fewer flights.
The strike, organized by the Verdi workers’ union, affected airports in Hamburg, Bremen, Hannover, Berlin, Duesseldorf, Dortmund, Cologne/Bonn, Leipzig/Halle, Stuttgart, and Munich. Smaller airports like Weeze and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden only had security workers on strike.
The union announced the strike on Friday but added a last-minute walkout at Hamburg Airport on Sunday to make sure it was effective. The strike is over two pay disputes: one about security workers’ pay at the airports and another about pay for federal and local government workers.
Earlier walkouts took place at Cologne/Bonn, Duesseldorf, Hamburg, and Munich airports. Pay talks for the government workers will continue on Friday, and talks for security workers will start on March 26.
