Overview
- The Hamburg labor court ordered Groundstars to return Ramazan S. to his C‑shift role, finding the employer’s allegations insufficiently concrete and assigning roughly €4,000 in costs to the company.
- Groundstars has kept the long‑serving shift leader off duty after a new personnel meeting, which ver.di calls an attempt to undercut the ruling.
- The company cites serious complaints from colleagues, including alleged time‑sheet fraud, discrimination, threats and shift‑distribution disputes, and says investigation results have been presented to the employee for response.
- Groundstars rejects accusations of union‑busting, notes there is no house ban, and says union and works council activities may continue as it discusses alternative duties.
- The dispute has drawn visible workplace support and political attention because Groundstars is a wholly owned subsidiary of the majority city‑owned Hamburg Airport.