4 German airports cancel Monday flights due to strikes

BERLIN: Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover, and Bremen airports will cancel departures on Monday due to warning strikes, German media reported.
 
Germany’s services sector trade union Verdi has called on security staff to hold a warning strike at Berlin Brandenburg Airport as well as at Hamburg, Hanover, and Bremen airports, Sputnik quoted a report by German newspaper Welt.
 
The company managing the airports clarified that nearly 200 flights will be cancelled in Berlin, affecting some 27,000 passengers.
 
The union is calling the strike to demand higher compensation for weekend and evening work and better overtime pay for its workers, the report said.
 
Last month, Verdi announced a 24-hour strike to demand a pay raise, which affected airports in a number of German cities. – BERNAMA-SPUTNIK