Dozens Of Flights Canceled At Berlin's Airports As Security Staff Went On Strike - Reports

Dozens of Flights Canceled at Berlin's Airports as Security Staff Went on Strike - Reports

The security personnel at Berlin's airports of Tegel and Schoenefeld went on a strike on Monday to demand a pay increase, which resulted in dozens of flights canceled or delayed, local media reported

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 07th January, 2019) The security personnel at Berlin's airports of Tegel and Schoenefeld went on a strike on Monday to demand a pay increase, which resulted in dozens of flights canceled or delayed, local media reported.

The German Verdi labor union called on airport security personnel to go on strike on Monday to send "a first warning signal" to the employers.

The strike started at 5:00 a.m local time (04:00 GMT) and concluded at 8:45 a.m. Many passengers had been informed in advance about the strike, according to the Berliner Morgenpost newspaper.

Dozens of flights were delayed or canceled due to the strike, according to the newspaper.

The Verdi union is holding talks with the airport's executives on raising hourly wages for some 23,000 employees, although no result has been achieved so far, according to the media outlet.