Public sector workers in Germany could cause flight havoc March 5 with a planned strike at Cologne (CGN), Duesseldorf (DUS) and Munester/Osnabrueck (FMO). The strike will likely be for a few hours, but with work stoppage possibly including police officers, fire and runway crew, airports will have to be shutdown and  delays and cancellations will snowball.

March 4, hospital public transportation, garbage collection and museum services were interrupted by striking workers, who say they’re underpaid and want an 8% raise. Germany requires exhaustive negotiations before an all-out unlimited strike can be declared, but with about  2.3 million workers represented by the Ver.di union, the nation could face a number of small but powerful strikes at nearly every sector.  Travelers will want to keep a close eye on negotiations and prepare for cancellations.