A strike that took place at eleven of the main airports in Germany was organized in demand of salary improvements for employees in the public sector and ground services. The affected airports include Berlin/Brandenburg, Bremen, Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanover, Hamburg, Leipzig-Halle, Munich, and Stuttgart.
At airports such as Weeze, near Düsseldorf, and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, only security employees were called to join the strike. Meanwhile, in Hamburg, the airport has been paralyzed since Sunday, after the union ver.di suddenly announced the stoppage for ground services.
More than 1,000 flights at Frankfurt Airport were affected by the strike of airport workers, according to the Xinhua news agency. The country was practically isolated by air due to this action, according to the assessment from the website dw. The strike was called by the union ver.di.
