Hundreds of flights were being cancelled at eight German airports Tuesday, including at the nation's busiest travel hub Frankfurt, as security staff walk off the job in a deepening row over pay.
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.
Thousands of passengers in Germany face disruption on Thursday following a strike call by security staff over a pay dispute at three major airports, the Verdi union said.
Their job is stressful and they are not very popular with many passengers. But the inspectors at the security checkpoints can paralyze entire airports if they go on strike. They are currently negotiating their salaries.
Deutsche Telekom said on Thursday it would slash 10,000 jobs worldwide at its loss-making IT services subsidiary in the next three years as it seeks €600 million in savings.
Hundreds of Amazon employers protested on Tuesday against working conditions in Berlin, where the megagroup's founder Jeff Bezos was due to receive a prize.
Warning strikes across Germany began early on Tuesday morning, affecting everything from major airport hubs to kindergartens and local transport. Here’s what you need to know.
On Wednesday public transport in Frankfurt am Main will almost completely shut down, leading one local newspaper to advise locals to make use of rental bikes.
The public services union Ver.di has announced rolling strikes across the country over the coming days as it ramps up pressure for a six percent pay rise. Strikes are to hit public transport, rubbish collection, kindergartens and hospitals.
German unions on Tuesday called
for nationwide "warning strikes" in the public sector this month after state and local governments rejected their demands for a wage hike.
Germany's federal and local governments reached agreement on Friday with public sector workers on a pay rise, settling a dispute that grounded hundreds of flights during a warning strike two days earlier, sources said.
Flight delays and cancellations are expected at several German airports, including the main hub Frankfurt, next Wednesday due to ground personnel strikes announced by a services union.
For those planning to do last minute Christmas shopping online via Amazon this year, it might already be too late. Employees are striking all the way up to Christmas Eve.
Families Minister Manuela Schwesig called on Wednesday for local governments to find a pay and conditions deal with daycare and social workers to avoid a new round of strikes.
Public sector union Verdi has reached a final agreement with Deutsche Post after a strike that lasted four weeks, meaning postal service should return to normal starting on Tuesday.
Members of service workers' union Verdi at Deutsche Post made good on threats to walk off the job on Monday, announcing an indeterminate strike that will hit deliveries across Germany.
The trade union Verdi has announced strikes for Wednesday at the Deutsche Post (German Post) and Amazon, meaning that Easter cards and packages might not arrive on time.
Teachers plan to walk out in turn on Tuesday after the first in a series of nation-wide public sector strikes took place at the University Hospital in Essen on Monday.
Security personnel's “warning strike” over pay at three German airports has led to travel chaos, with tens of thousands of passengers hit by cancelled flights and police barracading doors at Hamburg Airport.
