More escalation is hardly possible. Next Tuesday, Verdi takes an 18-hour warning strike in the Frankfurt airport, largely from the network. The recusal of a few hundred passengers and Baggage checkers will interfere with the traffic in the whole of Europe. The Verdi apparently aware of, and has therefore announced the warning strike on Friday.
“spanning The Union of the arc with these measures, more and more,” criticized the employers ‘ Association BDLS, the procedure of the collective bargaining partners. Last Monday, the Berlin airports were on strike from 5 am to 8.45 am. Even harder for the all-day warning strike in Stuttgart, Düsseldorf and Cologne/Bonn was to follow on Thursday. Now by far the largest airport is Frankfurt affected, and from 2 PM to 20 PM.
“attack on the German air travel”
The Confederation of German employers ‘ associations (BDA) criticised the industrial action as “an attack on the German aviation hub number one”. Verdi the mobility of a cabinets of tens of thousands of national and international passengers and freight transport “and thus caused a massive damage to our economy,” said BDA chief Steffen Kampeter to the daily mirror. “These so-called warning Strikes to underline Once again that we need a legal framework for the work to combat right – this is the expectation of the employer to the government and the legislature,” said BDA chief Executive. All in all, the warning strike was a “completely disproportionate”.
unit wage of 20 Euro per hour
As in any collective conflict, it is also time to money. Verdi wants for the 23 000 employees, are employed by private security companies, and passengers and baggage at almost all German airports to control, an increase in the hourly wages on the unit put 20 Euro. Employers reject it, because such an increase makes in individual cases, up to 44 percent; they have so far offered up to 6.4 percent more money. “The Union calls for a stubborn 20 Euro per hour for all employees and damages with the totally escalating strike action, passengers, airports and airlines solid,” criticized Rainer friebert houses, the negotiators of the employers, the strike strategy of Verdi.
Seven companies affected
Seven private companies, including the market leader, Securitas and FraSec, a subsidiary of Frankfurt airport operator Fraport, organized in the Federal Association of the aviation security company (BDLS). These seven companies at 13 airports in this country on behalf of the Federal police, the passenger and baggage controls. An exception is Bavaria, Where the checks are carried out on private companies, which fall under the collective bargaining agreement of the public service. In principle, the control of the airports is a sovereign task, which is assigned by the Federal police on the way to an EU-wide tender for a period of six years, to private service providers.
is Negotiated on the 23. January
in this Country there are an estimated 6000 companies operate in the broad field of safety and often only minimum wage pay. In the security company at the airports in Tariff is paid. So far, collective agreements have been concluded on the country level, both sides want a Federal uniform contract. Since the end of last year, will have to negotiate about it, the next appointment is scheduled for the 23. January meeting. According to information provided by the employer Verdi has not had a previous appointment to ” see ” up to 23. to have sufficient time for Strikes.
The Job is fast
Verdi back learn the. The employer should instead, in the last set of talks on 21. December only a maximum of two percent offered, and a wage adjustment of Ostgehälter to Western levels within five years. The warning strike in Frankfurt is now required because the employer had responded to the previous actions do not with a negotiable offer, argues the Union. The employer, however: “The hours of basic wages for employees in the field of air safety are significantly higher than in the case of employees, in the normal security sector.” Since 2011, the income for the so-called air safety assistants should be increased in the countries with the largest airports are already 44 per cent – although for the Job no special qualification is required. To be able to passengers at the airport control, you need to be been trained in aviation security assistant 160 hours. Training content will be specified by the Federal Ministry of the interior, the Federal police needs to be stored after the training an exam.
