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Security staff to stage strike at Frankfurt, Germany’s biggest airport

Security staff to stage strike at Frankfurt, Germany’s biggest airport
Union workers are scheduled to walk out of Frankfurt, Germany’s biggest airport, between 2 am and 8 pm on Tuesday. (AFP)
Updated 11 January 2019

Security staff to stage strike at Frankfurt, Germany’s biggest airport

Security staff to stage strike at Frankfurt, Germany’s biggest airport
  • Earlier strikes resulted in the cancelation of hundreds of flights at Duesseldorf, Cologne-Bonn, Stuttgart and Berlin’s two airports

BERLIN: A German labor union is calling on security staff at Frankfurt airport to go on strike next week in a dispute over pay.
The ver.di union said Friday that workers should walk out at Germany’s biggest airport between 2 a.m. and 8 p.m. (0100-1900 GMT) Tuesday.
The union said it couldn’t rule out other airports being affected by walkouts.
Ver.di says it’s still waiting for employers to put forward a negotiable offer for some 23,000 security staff.
Earlier strikes resulted in the cancelation of hundreds of flights at Duesseldorf, Cologne-Bonn, Stuttgart and Berlin’s two airports in recent days.
The union wants hourly pay for all workers conducting security checks to rise to €20 ($23.10). Employers association BDLS says this could amount to a 30-percent increase in some cases.