New layoffs at Frankfurt airport
Among workers hit by mass layoffs in Germany’s air transport industry, employees of WISAG were among the first to react. At Frankfurt Airport, dozens went on hunger strike in February. They have protested there every week since against their illegitimate dismissal.
WISAG workers protest in front of the villa of the group’s CEO Michael Wisser, March 27, 2021 (Photo: WSWS)
Just recently, another WISAG operation at Frankfurt Airport announced mass redundancies. Aviation Service GmbH (ASG), which belongs to the Wisser Group, laid off 87 of the 610 workers still employed there. Before the pandemic, there were almost 800 staff, but all temporary employees and agency workers had already been dismissed. ASG is responsible for aircraft interior cleaning and transport services. As with the WISAG workers, numerous long-serving, experienced workers, as well as 12 severely disabled people, are being fired for cost-savings.
The World Socialist Web Site spoke to some of the workers and youth who participated from Germany about the launch of the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees.
Workers and youth in Germany support call for International Workers Alliance and mobilise for ICFI May Day online rally
Workers and youth from across Germany tell the WSWS why they support the International Committee of the Fourth International’s call for the formation of the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees and will be attending tomorrow’s May Day rally of the ICFI. We call on our readers to register here for this important event.
Habip
Habip Bektas is one of the WISAG workers at Rhein-Main Airport in Frankfurt who have been fighting their dismissals for almost half a year. In December, the experienced airport worker received his dismissal along with a total of around 230 other colleagues, some of whom had spent almost 40 years at the airport, ruining their health while handling the planes.