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Frankfurt am Main: German air travellers face “massive” upheaval on Tuesday when security staff at Frankfurt airport, the nation’s largest, are set to walk off the job in a battle for better pay that has already caused hundreds of flight cancellations.
Germany’s powerful Verdi union announced on Friday that the strike would start at 2:00 am (0100 GMT) and end at 8:00 pm (1900 GMT).
It marks another escalation in their standoff with employers after walkouts by security personnel at airports in Berlin, Cologne-Bonn,
Duesseldorf and Stuttgart this week led to more than 800 flights being scrapped, affecting over 100,000 passengers.
The scale of Tuesday’s strike was not immediately clear but a spokesman for airport operator Fraport warned it would have “a massive impact on tens on thousands of travellers”. (AFP)
Germany’s powerful Verdi union announced on Friday that the strike would start at 2:00 am (0100 GMT) and end at 8:00 pm (1900 GMT).
It marks another escalation in their standoff with employers after walkouts by security personnel at airports in Berlin, Cologne-Bonn,
Duesseldorf and Stuttgart this week led to more than 800 flights being scrapped, affecting over 100,000 passengers.
The scale of Tuesday’s strike was not immediately clear but a spokesman for airport operator Fraport warned it would have “a massive impact on tens on thousands of travellers”. (AFP)
