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The Verdi union is putting pressure on the collective bargaining negotiations that have so far been fruitless.
On Thursday, the security forces at the two large airports in North Rhine-Westphalia are also due to stop work.
Düsseldorf/Cologne - Passengers at Cologne/Bonn and Düsseldorf airports must expect significant restrictions and waiting times on Thursday.
The Verdi union has called on employees in the aviation security sector to go on all-day warning strikes.
Verdi announced this on Tuesday.
Employees who work in passenger checks, people and goods checks, cargo checks and in service areas should therefore stop working.
At Cologne/Bonn Airport, the warning strike in personnel and goods control is scheduled to start late on Wednesday evening with the start of the night shift, and in passenger control at midnight.
This was announced by a spokesman for Verdi.
In Düsseldorf, the industrial action begins at midnight, and in passenger control at around 3 a.m.
The strike is scheduled to end around midnight on Friday night.
According to the union, there are a total of more than 2,600 employees in the security area at the two airports who are responsible, among other things, for checking passengers, goods and boarding passes on behalf of the federal police and the airport operator.
The union estimates that around 1,100 people will be on duty on Thursday.
There will also be strikes on Thursday at Hamburg, Bremen, Hanover, Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Erfurt, Frankfurt/Main and Stuttgart airports.
Verdi is negotiating nationwide with the Federal Association of Aviation Security Companies (BDLS) on behalf of around 25,000 industry employees.
No agreement has been reached in previous rounds of negotiations.
The union is demanding 2.80 euros more wages per hour, higher functional bonuses and overtime bonuses from the first overtime hour with a term of the collective agreement of twelve months.
“Our goal is to sustainably compensate for the loss of purchasing power of employees.
The work of the aviation security forces must remain financially attractive so that the urgently needed skilled workers can be recruited and retained.
“That is why the price increases of the last two years, especially those for food and energy, as well as the forecast price increase in 2024 must be offset and there must be a real increase in wages,” said Verdi negotiator Wolfgang Pieper.
Collective bargaining is scheduled to continue in Berlin on February 6th and 7th.
dpa