German workers' strike over pay is matter of survival, union boss tells Bild

A general view inside the Munich Airport during a strike called by the German trade union Verdi over a wage dispute, in Munich, Germany, March 26, 2023. REUTERS/Lukas Barth

BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -A top union boss in Germany justified a massive strike planned for Monday as a "matter of survival" for many thousands of people fighting for higher wages as inflation soars, according to an interview published in the Bild am Sonntag newspaper.

The strike, Germany's largest in decades, is expected to cause widespread disruption on railways and at airports in Europe's largest economy.