Germany: Airport security staff go on strike in smaller centers

March 15, 2024

Airport strikes will once again impact flights in Germany, with security staff at a number of smaller hubs not working. Hanover, Dortmund, Weeze, Dresden, Leipzig and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden are impacted on Friday.

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Undated file photo of a commercial plane flying over Baden-Württemberg in Germany, pictured from the ground. — The country’The country’s busiest airports are not part of Friday’strikesImage: Silas Stein/dpa/image alliance

Airport security staff continued a strike called by the Verdi union at several smaller German hubs on Friday, with authorities predicting significantly fewer cancellations and disruptions than the day before but still saying thousands of travelers could be affected.

Verdi members in Hanover, Dortmund, Weeze, Dresden, Leipzig and Karslruhe/Baden-Baden are not working, seeking to intensify pressure ahead of the next round of negotiations scheduled for March 20.

However, a German employer’ The federation said on Friday that the series of strikes that have affected planes and trains in particular in recent weeks “was not just irritating, but a brake on growth.”

Source: DW

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