Airports in Germany stand still: Warning strike brings chaos on Monday!

Airports in Germany stand still: Warning strike brings chaos on Monday!

On Monday, March 10, 2025, a full -day warning strike is expected at all major German airports, which will lead to massive flight cancellations and delays. The United Service Union (ver.di) has proclaimed the strike in order to draw attention to the insufficient offers of employers in the current collective bargaining. Among other things, the large airports in Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Cologne/Bonn, and Hamburg, as well as numerous others are affected. It is already known that passengers have to adapt their trips because the effects on flights from Austria are still unclear, as the AUA reports.

claims and background of the strike

The warning strike is organized by the ver.di union, which demands a tariff increase of eight percent or at least 350 euros more per month. In addition, higher surcharges are to be paid for particularly stressful work, and the training allowances are to increase by 200 euros. "The employees at the airports do an indispensable work for the smooth running of air traffic and earn an appropriate payment," explains Christine Behle, the deputy chairman of ver.di. This is not the first strike in the context of the ongoing collective bargaining, since in other areas such as hospitals and kindergartens have been called for actions that have their reason in similar inconsistencies with the employers.

ver.di announced the strike in good time to enable traveling planning to be planning. In the strikes already carried out in Cologne, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg, there were considerable impairments that also reduce national and international freedom of travel. The employers, on the other hand, have rejected the claims as unavailable. The collective bargaining will continue on March 14 to 16, 2025 in Potsdam. Like Vol.at , the ADV airport association also criticized the strikes at knot points of the transport infrastructure, which strongly impair air traffic.