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Passengers are crowding at Düsseldorf Airport - not only Lufthansa ground staff are on strike this Thursday, but also unannounced security staff.

The Ver.di union had called for this.

As a result, 13 flights were canceled or rerouted.

Photo: Jana Rodenbusch / REUTERS

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The emergency operation at the checkpoints at Düsseldorf Airport resulted in longer waiting times and queues.

However, flight operations will “largely be maintained,” said an airport spokesman.

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Lufthansa employees met for a rally at Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER).

The airline has had to cancel many flights since late Wednesday evening.

With the warning strikes, Ver.di wants to pressure employers to make greater concessions in collective bargaining for the approximately 25,000 ground staff employees in Germany.

Photo: Rainer Keuenhof / Manngold / IMAGO

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According to him, the continued warning strikes at Lufthansa, like here at BER, have cost the company around 100 million euros so far this year.

The airline's ground staff want to go on strike until Saturday morning at 7:10 a.m.

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Many train stations, on the other hand, were noticeable because of their emptiness: In Rostock, this cleaner had free rein to clean the stairs.

The train drivers' union GDL has called on employees in passenger and freight transport at Deutsche Bahn to go on strike for 35 hours each.

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Siegen main station was also deserted.

The tariff dispute between the GDL and Bahn has petered out.

Nevertheless, the federal government, as the owner of the railway, does not want to interfere: "We cannot begin to resolve tariff conflicts politically or from the government side," said Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) to the ARD capital studio.

“That is not the federal government’s job.” Wissing appealed to the negotiators’ overall social responsibility.

The current strike on passenger transport is expected to last until Friday at 1 p.m.

Photo: Rene Traut / IMAGO