More than 500 flights of Lufthansa were canceled when 6,000 airline employees walked off the job at the Frankfurt, Germany, airport for five hours on March 21. The Verde Union members were demanding higher wages in the wake of a cost-cutting plan and restructuring implemented by the airline.
Lufthansa management has indicated that it will not back off from its plans to freeze workers’ pay and increase their hours by one hour per week. CFO Simone Menne said the company is willing to accept more strikes, including any by pilots. The airline said it would try to keep any possible cancellations or disruptions within European destinations and it expected that most intercontinental flights would not be affected.
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