Dortmund.
Dortmund Airport is on strike on Friday – the only one in North Rhine-Westphalia. Some flights have been cancelled, most are being diverted.
Who a flight from or to Dortmund Airport booked must look for alternatives this Friday if possible. The Union Verdi called on public sector employees to go on a day-long warning strike. The walkout is scheduled to start early in the morning (3 a.m.) and end on Saturday (3 a.m.), like the labor union communicated. earnings thus widening the collective bargaining dispute in the public sector.
According to the airport, 18 take-offs and 19 landings were scheduled for Friday. According to Thursday, most of these flights will be diverted, the others will be cancelled. Travelers should contact their airline or tour operator to find out about the status of their booked flight and, if possible, not even come to the airport, as an airport spokeswoman said.
Dortmund Airport: Website paralyzed by hackers
Particularly annoying for passengers: the website of Dortmund Airport was probably paralyzed for hours by a hacker attack on Thursday. Flight operations are not affected by this, the spokeswoman said. “These are separate systems,” she emphasized. Other German airports were also affected by failures.
Verdi has announced that it intends to shut down a total of seven German airports on Friday. In addition to Dortmund, the airports in Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Hanover and Bremen are also to be struck. Three collective bargaining conflicts are being fought out at the airports: in addition to the public service, there are local negotiations for ground handling services and a collective bargaining round for aviation security, in which negotiations are being held nationwide. However, the latter two conflicts do not play a role at Dortmund Airport, as Kirsten Rupieper, Verdi trade union secretary for Westphalia, explained.
Are exempt from the strike in Dortmund relief supplies to the earthquake victims in the Turkey and after Syria, emphasizes the Verdi. The union will offer employers “emergency service agreements”. Many aid deliveries went through the center for foreign logistics anyway THW in Mainz. Above all, the Hahn Airport used, which was not affected by the strike.
More strikes announced
last was in Dortmund public transport has been on strike. Many employees from DSW21 had stopped work on – buses and light rail vehicles remained in the depots. There was also a central one on Dortmund’s Friedensplatz big demo for strikers from all over NRW.
With the warning strikes the employees want to put pressure on in the collective bargaining dispute with the federal and local governments. Verdi and dbb are demanding 10.5 percent more money (at least 500 euros) for the 2.5 million employees. Further warning strikes have been announced in North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse and Baden-Württemberg, among others, before the second round of collective bargaining (February 22/23). (with dpa)
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