An increase in the number of passengers in Germany boarded trains and planes on Sunday, a day before a major one-day strike that aims to bring the country's transportation system to a standstill.
The delays and cancellations at the country's biggest airport due to technical problems affecting German airline Lufthansa in Frankfurt resulted in delays and cancellations at the country's largest airport, as Munich airport was shut down due to the imminent strike on Monday.
The country's second-busiest airport, Munich Airport, said that the ver.di union was hitting it with two days of strikes and it has no regular passenger or cargo flights on Sunday or Monday. A total of around 1,500 connections were affected, and takeoffs and landings were only possible for emergency humanitarian flights, according to German news agency dpa.
The country s transportation system has a one-day strike, but German unions have called for thousands of workers to take action as workers in many sectors are seeking hefty raises to reflect high inflation.
Last week, the Ver.di Chair Frank Werneke said that the service workers' union is calling for 120,000 workers to walk out. Security and ground workers at all German airports except in Berlin, local transit employees in seven of Germany s 16 states, harbor employees and workers on highways are likely to affect some tunnels, according to Werneke, the latter of which is a measure that Werneke said is likely to affect some tunnels.
The EVG union, which represents many railway workers, is calling for 230,000 workers at Germany's main railway operator, Deutsche Bahn, and others to walk out.
Ver.di is involved in a series of pay negotiations, notably for employees of the federal and municipal governments of Germany. It is seeking a 10.5% pay raise. In two stages, employers have offered a total of 5% plus one-time payments of 2,500 euro $2,700. It has already staged a series of one-day walkouts at individual airports and in public services, including local transit.
EVG is seeking a raise of 12%. Deutsche Bahn also offered a two-stage raise totaling 5% plus one-time payments.