Warning strike at eleven airports on Monday
If you want to fly from or to a German airport on Monday, you have to adapt to considerable impairments and failures. At first there was only talk of a warning strike next Monday, March 10, at Frankfurt Airport. In the meantime, however, it is clear: the Verdi union is widened Warning strikes on Monday all day on a total of eleven larger German airports. The 24-hour strike is scheduled to start on Monday at 0 a.m. and continue until 11:59 p.m.
Strike of eleven German airports on Monday, March 10th
A first estimate by the ADV airport association will result in more than 3,400 flights due to the strikes. Around 510,000 passengers would be affected. In the current strike season, 800,000 air travelers could not have flyed as planned.
Employees of the public service and soil traffic services are called for strike at the following airports on Monday:
- Munich Airport
- Frankfurt Airport
- Stuttgart Airport
- Düsseldorf Airport
- Cologne/Bonn Airport
- Dortmund Airport
- Hanover Airport
- Bremen Airport
- Hamburg Airport
- Berlin-Brandenburg Airport
- Leipzig-Halle Airport
Strike at the public service: the next round of negotiations is imminent
The background to the strike is that in mid -March the next negotiation calls in the tariff dispute with the federal government and the municipalities are imminent. Employees at airports are also affected. At the same time, Verdi also negotiates for around 23,000 ground traffic service providers who are also called up for strike.
« We see ourselves forced to be forced to warning strike, since the employers have so far not submitted an offer in the ongoing collective bargaining for the employees of the public service and have not shown any willingness to meet our legitimate claims, » said Deputy Verdi Chairman Christine Behle. The actions were announced early to enable passengers to provide planning security.
Strike at airports: Airport association demands political consequences
Representatives from the air traffic industry see it differently. A press release from the ADV states that after the strike announcement on Friday, the affected passengers had little chance of looking for travel alternatives or postponing appointments. Due to the strikes at eleven locations « an entire country is cut off from air traffic », ADV general manager Ralph Beisel is quoted in the explanation. Verdi uses the strike power « at the expense of the travelers and at the same time causes considerable loss of sales for air traffic, » said Beisel, who appeals to the union, « to look for a mutually acceptable solution at the negotiating table ».
At the same time, the ADV boss demanded consequences from politics: « Airports are part of the critical infrastructure and must finally be protected from strikes. » Such strikes result in immense economic damage that not only affects the air traffic industry, but also the entire economy.
Airports Cologne, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Munich for the second time in the strike
The airports in Cologne, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Munich were already on strike during the current tariff round, where there had been numerous flight cancellations. At Frankfurt Airport, the public staff last held a warning strike in March 2023.
Photo: Sven Hoppe, dpa
The demands of the Verdi union in the public service collective bargaining
Verdi calls for a tariff increase in a volume of eight percent, but at least 350 euros more per month, and higher surcharges for work to be stressed and unfavorable. The training allowances and internship fees are to be raised by 200 euros per month. The union also demands three additional days off.
Employers have rejected these claims as unavailable. The collective bargaining will continue on March 14 to 16, 2025 in Potsdam.
Lufthansa and ADV are angry
Lufthansa as well as the ADV airport association have already criticized the previous strikes at the nodes of the transport infrastructure. Already to the first warning strikes in Hamburg and Munich Had explained ADV boss Beisel: « Two-day strikes that German metropolitan regions perform from international air traffic have nothing to do with warning strikes. »
On Thursday and Friday became and will be in the collective bargaining The public service is already exerted pressure by strike nationwide in clinics, nursing homes and daycare centers. Also Augsburg's daycare center are affected. (with dpa)
