Workers to strike at Frankfurt airport on April 27
Trade union workers are going to strike at Germany’s biggest airport in Frankfurt on April 27, trade union Verdi said in a statement on Friday.
Strikes will also affect airports in Munich, Duesseldorf, Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund and partially Hanover, it said.
At Frankfurt, ground crews, check-in staff, repair workers and the fire department will be on strike until about 1300 GMT, the statement said.
Verdi union demands a 6 percent wage increase for its roughly 2.1 million workers and said that travellers should prepare for massive disruptions in air flight travel.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-germany-airports-strike-idUKKCN0XJ122