Employees at Berlin and Hamburg airports are staging walkouts in an continuous conflict over pay and conditions for security personnel, leading to flight cancellations in both German cities
BERLIN — Employees at Berlin and Hamburg airports staged walkouts on Monday in an continuous conflict over income raises, leading to flight cancellations in both German cities.
In Berlin, all 220 departures and 70 out of 240 inbound flights were canceled, German news firm dpa reported. Due to a walkout revealed at brief notification by trade union ver.di, the airport in Hamburg revealed in the early earlymorning that 50 of 160 departures hadactually been canceled.
The walkouts began at 3: 30 a.m. and were expected to last till midnight.
The union desires to boost pressure on companies with whom it is negotiating perks for unique working hours, for example at weekends, and guidelines on overtime pay.
At Berlin’s BER airport, workers in the airtravel security location, traveler control and pers