Lufthansa cancelled a total of 700 flights on Thursday because flight attendants started a two-day strike. On Friday, 600 flights will not take off. The 'Ufo' union is fighting for higher allowances and perks.
Due to the strike, many Berliners who used their cars to get to work or to take children to school in the morning got stuck in serious traffic jams which…
During the third round of talks, the employers said they were ready to spend 90 million Euro (101 million Dollars or 77.4 million Pounds) on an increase of all…
It is unclear whether the fact that this round of talks was not announced as "negotiations", but as "talks", will improve the chances for results or at least some kind of approximation. More warning strikes are a possibility, according to Verdi, meaning there is pressure.
In the early morning, some trains could not accept any more passengers since they were full. This kind of situation is a regular occurrence in Tokyo or Mexico…
While the union wants a reduction of working hours to 36.5 hours a week for all 14,000 employees with no loss of pay, as well as Christmas bonuses for new…
At Berlin's two operational airports, Tegel and Schönefeld, a few hired shuttle buses were standing by to take passengers to S-Bahn stations. More taxis than usual were noticed in front of several airport terminals too. To taxi drivers, the walkout meant more business.
Some Berliners are asking themselves why Verdi did not wait until later in the negotiation process. On the other hand, many residents in the German capital are…
At this point, only employees who have been with the state-owned company since 2005 or longer qualify for 36.5 hours, while everyone else does not. Verdi says…
On Frankfurt Airport's website, a note said the security checkpoints were not in operation until 8:00 p.m.. "Passengers traveling from Frankfurt will not be able to reach their flights", the message read. In Frankfurt and elsewhere, airports looked rather empty. Within Germany and Europe, thousands of travelers took trains instead.
