BERLIN: Flight delays at Hamburg Airport after a shock hit by staff affected more than 40, 000 people on Sunday, a day before a planned wider opposition across Germany amid new contract agreements.
Just 10 of more than 280 scheduled flights went as planned beginning Sunday, the airport said. Some services desks sat vacant as would-be travellers lined up to find information about the refunds.
The shock strike, which reportedly took place with only about a half-hour improve see, came before a broader set of preannounced attacks across 13 airports in Germany on Monday, organized by the van. of coalition.
The coalition, whose members work in areas including customer services and goods and goods testing, called for Sunday’s attack by surveillance command staff to put pressure on company representatives amid collective bargaining talks.
” The behavior of the trade union ver. di is dishonorable: The strike without notice hits Hamburg Airport at the start of the vacation season”, airport spokeswoman Katja Bromm said in a statement. She said that on Monday, arrivals would be possible, and that” considerable disruptions and cancellations” were expected.
Bromm said that Sunday’s walkouts were “excessive and unfair to tens of thousands of travelers who have nothing to do with the disputes”.
For months, ver. di has been negotiating a new agreement that aims to improve occupational health and safety, provide more vacation days, an increase in the annual bonus to 50 % and the freedom to choose a doctor for employees ‘ regular, mandatory medical exams, among other things.
