Tag: Tariff policy
Verdi strike paralyzes Frankfurt Airport on Friday
airport Frankfurt So far, a good 1,000 take-offs and landings with around 137,000 passengers have been planned for Friday at Germany’s largest airport. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt After the strike announced…
IT chaos brings airline in need of explanation
Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Berlin After hours of chaos on Wednesday, especially at Frankfurt Airport, Lufthansa is heavily criticized. A failure of the group’s IT systems had ensured that around 230 of…
Authorities, airports, post office: are we threatened with a wave of strikes?
Dusseldorf High inflation is driving unions and employees to demand high wages. The Verdi union alone wants to negotiate an increase of 10.5 percent for its members – and is…
Despite falling inflation rates, wage demands are rising
Warning strikes in the public sector For the 2.5 million federal and local employees, Verdi and the Civil Service Association are demanding 10.5 percent more money, but at least 500…
IT breakdown at Lufthansa causes chaos – landings in Frankfurt possible again
Dusseldorf Thousands of passengers suffered delays and flight cancellations on Wednesday due to a global IT glitch at Lufthansa. The computer systems for boarding, among other things, had not been…
Verdi is calling for industrial action at almost all major airports on Friday
strike at the airport Verdi and the civil servants’ association are demanding 10.5 percent more money for the federal and local public services, but at least 500 euros. (Photo: IMAGO/aal.photo)…
Lufthansa stops domestic flights – No more landings in Frankfurt
Lufthansa planes in Munich The airline experienced a serious IT system failure on Wednesday. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf Thousands of passengers suffered delays and flight cancellations on Wednesday due to a…
Lufthansa is struggling with massive IT problems – failures and delays
Lufthansa planes in Munich The airline experienced a serious IT system failure on Wednesday. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf Thousands of passengers suffered delays and flight cancellations on Wednesday due to a…
Lufthansa is struggling with massive IT problems – failures and delays
Lufthansa planes in Munich The airline experienced a serious IT system failure on Wednesday. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf Thousands of passengers suffered delays and flight cancellations on Wednesday due to a…
Union warns of breaking up the Bayer group
Bill Anderson, successor to CEO Baumann The controversial boss Werner Baumann will vacate the post this summer. The ex-pharmaceutical boss of Swiss rival Roche, Bill Anderson, is to take over…
Collective bargaining failed – new strike threatened
Protest rally by Deutsche Post employees Collective bargaining with the Verdi union has failed. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Collective bargaining for around 160,000 employees at Deutsche Post has failed. The third…
Employees are fighting for seats on the supervisory board
Lufthansa flags There will be some new appointments to the supervisory board of Europe’s largest airline group after the general meeting in May. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt A fierce dispute has…
The EVG railway union is demanding twelve percent more wages – and expects strikes
Deutsche Bahn The first strikes on the railways could be imminent as early as March. (Photo: dpa) Fulda The railway and transport union (EVG) is demanding twelve percent more wages…
Real wages fell sharply due to high consumer prices
Wiesbaden Last year, real wages in Germany fell more sharply than at any time since the statistical time series began in 2008. The comparatively high inflation of 7.9 percent for…
Warning strikes at the post office again on Monday and Tuesday
postal strike The third round of negotiations will continue on February 8th and 9th in Düsseldorf. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Bonn In the coming week, numerous letters and parcels in Germany…
Unions criticize poor working conditions for seasonal workers
Seasonal workers harvesting asparagus “In the 2022 season, the situation changed fundamentally due to the Ukraine war.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin The working conditions of foreign seasonal workers in German agriculture…
IG Bau union calls for state entry at Vonovia after new construction stop – SPD leftists are open
housing Experts fear a further reduction in capacity for housing construction. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf After Vonovia announced that it would stop new construction, criticism of Europe’s largest landlord has intensified.…
Verdi clearly criticizes planned staff cuts
Galeria branch in Berlin In houses that will continue, the company wants to reduce the area and could cut more jobs. (Photo: IMAGO/Jürgen Ritter) Dusseldorf, Essen The Verdi trade union…
SAP pays 3.7 percent more salary
Dusseldorf The salary round at SAP is met with clear criticism from the workforce. Eberhard Schick, chairman of the works council at the parent company and chairman of the IG…
Who will be the new boss? Two aspirants for the chief post
Berlin At IG Metall, a generational change is imminent this year: at the trade union conference in October, a decision will be made on the successor to the first chairman,…