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Major German union verdi and airport operators have reached a pay agreement covering some 25,000 security staff to avert further strike action as the busy summer travel season nears. The two sides said on Monday that they had accepted a deal put forward by mediators. Salary increases of between 13.1% and 15.1% were agreed in three stages over a period of 15 months, the employers' association BDLS said. The collective agreement is set to run until March 2025. After six rounds of failed negot...

After a series of disruptive labour strikes in Germany's aviation industry, key wage negotiations were to resume on Thursday involving the trade unions for tens of thousands of workers. German airline Lufthansa is to return to talks with the trade union for flight attendants, UFO, over their demands for 15% wage hikes and bonuses for about 19,000 flight attendants at Lufthansa and its subsidiary Lufthansa Cityline, union sources told dpa. On Friday, trade unions representing around 25,000 a...

German trade union Verdi and employers of private aviation security providers have agreed on arbitration in the wage dispute affecting about 25,000 employees. The process, led by former Bremen state councillor Hans-Henning Lühr, is to begin on Friday, April 5 and end on Sunday, April 7 at the latest, the union and the employers' association BDLS announced. The recommendation is not binding for either side. Verdi may not call a strike until the end of the process. Strikes by aviation se...

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More than 1,100 flights at 11 airports in Germany will be cancelled or delayed on Thursday due to a strike by airport security staff, according to the airport industry group ADV. An estimated 200,000 passengers will be affected by the delays or cancellations during the one-day strike, ADV said. Workers for private aviation security firms at 11 major airports in Germany have been called to strike by the labour union Verdi amid collective bargaining talks. The affected airports are Frankfurt, Hamb

A one-day strike by German aviation security workers at major airports was launched late Wednesday. The night shift at Cologne/Bonn Airport went on strike on Wednesday evening at 9 pm (2000 GMT), Verdi union secretary Özay Tarim confirmed. He said 100% of passenger screening workers there took part in the industrial action. The strike is due to start at midnight at other airports, such as in Frankfurt and Düsseldorf. In total, the strike which is due to last until late Thursday evening...

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