Enrico Rümker is a little hard to understand because of the whistles. He's just moving through Terminal 1 at BER, he calls into the phone, "with 2,000 people!" Whether there really are that many is difficult to verify, especially since the Verdi union representative naturally has an interest in making the warning strike at Berlin's capital airport look as big as possible. What is clear, however, is that the labor dispute is having a major impact: Nothing works on Wednesday...
Verdi paralyzes Berlin air traffic for a day to negotiate higher wages for employees. Around 35,000 passengers are affected. source site
The Verdi union announces a day-long warning strike. About 300 take-offs and landings with 35,000 passengers were planned. source site
The Verdi union is calling for a strike in ground handling services, the airport company and aviation security at the capital's BER airport on Wednesday. The airport therefore assumes, according to its own statements, that "no regular passenger flights can take place at BER". Around 300 take-offs and landings with a total of 35,000 passengers were planned for Wednesday. Verdi said on Monday that a very large turnout was expected. "It is likely that all air traffic to and from...
Flight operations at BER will probably come to a standstill on Wednesday: the Verdi union has called on the majority of employees to go on a all-day warning strike. According to Verdi, the background to this is the collective bargaining that has so far been unsuccessful. Due to a warning strike, no passenger flights are expected to take off or land at the capital's Berlin-Brandenburg Airport (BER) on Wednesday. "In this situation, the airport company must assume that no regular...
Climate activists of the "last generation" brought air traffic to a brief standstill at BER - the passengers are angry.For an older couple from Swabia, the case is clear: "Absolute dirt pack," snaps the man. "Hopefully they'll be punished severely. Even if they pull them off the runway." And she agrees: "I said in the travel agency: 'I hope none of the idiots get stuck.'" They've been on the road all day to fly on annual leave. "Finally," he says,...
Climate activists of the "last generation" brought air traffic to a brief standstill at BER - the passengers are angry.For an older couple from Swabia, the case is clear: "Absolute dirt pack," snaps the man. "Hopefully they'll be punished severely. Even if they pull them off the runway." And she agrees: "I said in the travel agency: 'I hope none of the idiots get stuck.'" They've been on the road all day to fly on annual leave. "Finally," he says,...
Climate activists of the "last generation" brought air traffic to a brief standstill at BER - the passengers are angry.For an older couple from Swabia, the case is clear: "Absolute dirt pack," snaps the man. "Hopefully they'll be punished severely. Even if they pull them off the runway." And she agrees: "I said in the travel agency: 'I hope none of the idiots get stuck.'" They've been on the road all day to fly on annual leave. "Finally," he says,...
Status: 11/26/2022 1:11 p.m After the action of the "Last Generation" at BER Airport, SPD Prime Minister Woidke is demanding legal consequences. CDU leader Merz even speaks of "heaviest crimes" by climate activists. A sociologist sees things differently. The CDU chairman Friedrich Merz has sharply condemned the latest action by the climate protest group "Last Generation" at the capital's BER airport. "These are not climate activists, they are criminals," said Merz at a party conference of the Berlin CDU. "It...
Status: 11/25/2022 5:27 p.m With the exception of one, all participants in the blockade of BER Airport are free again. Both Chancellor Scholz and ministers criticize the action. Five of the activists arrested during the temporary blockade of Berlin-Brandenburg Airport (BER) and one activist from the group "Last Generation" have been released. A suspect remains in custody by court order for the time being. This was announced by the Brandenburg Police Headquarters in Potsdam. All persons involved are being investigated...
