An election meeting of the approximately 8 employees of the Malta Air base in Berlin-Brandenburg was actually supposed to take place on December 2022, 300. This was supposed to appoint an electoral board for the establishment of a works council. However, the State Labor Court put a stop to this, because the holding of the meeting was prohibited by court due to a lawsuit by Malta Air. The course of events is quite remarkable, because in the first instance the Ryanair subsidiary was turned down by the Cottbus Labor Court. The Berlin-Brandenburg State Labor Court saw the matter differently and prohibited the holding of the election meeting at short notice. The Verdi union was thus forced to cancel it, so that the course could not be set for the establishment of a Malta Air works council in Germany. It is well known that the Ryanair Group is not particularly happy with works councils or unions. For example, in Austria the election of the last Laudamotion works council was not recognized. The company sued against it and ultimately lost in court. The ruling was not really of any significance to the employees, as Laudamotion no longer operates as an airline. Its successor, Lauda Europe Ltd., has no works council at its Vienna-Schwechat base. In Germany, Malta Air operates on behalf of its sister company Ryanair DAC. In concrete terms, this means that the staff employed in Germany are employed by the Maltese carrier. There is currently no works council. The Verdi union wants to change this, but the employer is defending itself using legal means. According to the partial ruling of the regional labor court, this was initially successful. "We accept the court decision, of course, but regret it," said Verdi union secretary Dennis Dacke. "The employees at Malta Air are determined