The passenger control staff went on strike again on Tuesday at the airports in Hanover, Bremen and Hamburg. The walkout ran all day, announced the union ver.di.
All departures at Hanover-Langenhagen Airport were canceled on Tuesday. According to a ver.di spokesman, almost 100 percent of the night and early shifts have already taken part. Around 50 employees informed the passengers at the airport and asked for their understanding. Hardly any planes take off in Bremen either, and not a single one from Hamburg Airport. There, 88 departures were affected. There will be arrivals, but delays and isolated cancellations must also be expected. Passengers are asked to contact their airline before proceeding to the airport.
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According to ver.di, around 80 security personnel have stopped work. About every second flight is eliminated. 1 min
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Ver.di: Wages should rise by at least one euro
The background to the strike is the collective bargaining for around 25,000 employees at security checks nationwide with the Federal Association of Aviation Security Companies (BDLS). According to ver.di, no agreement has been reached in four rounds of negotiations so far. A fifth round is scheduled for Thursday in Raunheim near Frankfurt. Ver.di is calling for wages in aviation security services to be increased by at least one euro per hour.
Other airports on strike
In addition to Hanover, Hamburg and Bremen, there should also be strikes at the airports in Frankfurt, Berlin, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf and Cologne/Bonn. Because of the warning strikes, 15 of 27 departures in Hanover were canceled last Monday. In Bremen there were 4 out of 14 departures. The control of passengers before departure is a sovereign task of the federal police. But almost everywhere it is outsourced to security companies.
