Status: 04/18/2023 4:32 p.m
At Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Cologne/Bonn airports, passengers will again have to prepare for delays and flight cancellations in the next few days. The union Ver.di has called for renewed strikes from Thursday.
The union Ver.di wants to largely paralyze the airports in Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Cologne/Bonn with strikes among aviation security personnel. Longer waiting times up to flight cancellations or cancellations are to be expected Ver.di in a statement known.
The industrial action applies to employees in the aviation security sector who work in passenger control, personnel and goods control and in service areas. The strike usually begins on the night from Wednesday to Thursday and ends on the night from Friday to Saturday.
Negotiations with BDLS falter
Ver.di has been negotiating with the Federal Association of Aviation Security Companies (BDLS) for years to increase the time supplements for night, Saturday, Sunday and public holiday work and to achieve better overtime pay. Despite the recent strikes, there has been no breakthrough so far.
A written offer from the BDLS is insufficient and cannot be agreed upon, because it does not bring any improvements for work on Saturdays and Sundays, surcharges for night work are too low and are only planned from 10 p.m. and not from 8 p.m. Employers for full-time and part-time employees did not want to pay any supplements for overtime or overtime.
BDLS to “submit negotiable offer”
“We call on the BDLS to finally present a negotiable offer in the negotiations on April 27th and 28th in order to avoid further strikes and to end the conflict before Pentecost,” said Ver.di representative Wolfgang Pieper on behalf of the union .
Most recently, the continuation of the talks on April 11 and 12 did not lead to a solution and the employers did not submit an improved offer. “Work at airports must become more attractive in order to be able to keep aviation security specialists and recruit new ones in order to avoid long waiting times for holidaymakers,” Pieper continued.