{"id":2524,"date":"2013-04-22T09:49:58","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T09:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/workers-strike-paralyses-lufthansa\/"},"modified":"2013-04-22T09:49:58","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T09:49:58","slug":"workers-strike-paralyses-lufthansa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/workers-strike-paralyses-lufthansa\/","title":{"rendered":"Workers strike paralyses Lufthansa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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German airline Lufthansa said Monday it has cancelled most of its domestic, European and long-haul flights at six German airports due to strike action by ground personnel and some cabin crew.<\/p>\n

Out of nearly 1,800 planned flights on Monday, “we will operate 20 short and medium-range flights and 12 long-distance services,” a spokesman told AFP.<\/p>\n

At Lufthansa’s main hub in Frankfurt, Germany’s biggest and Europe’s third-biggest airport, just six out of a total 50 flights would go ahead, and three from 17 at Munich.<\/p>\n

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Lufthansa airlines: grounded by workers<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

It was not clear whether the Lufthansa flight out of Lagos to Frankfurt was affected as calls to the Lagos office of the airline could not go through.<\/p>\n

Services union Verdi called the strike after three rounds of pay talks with management ended without any agreement.<\/p>\n

Verdi is demanding a 5.2-percent pay increase for 33,000 Lufthansa ground staff, plus employees of various subsidiaries as well as cabin crew members who are Verdi members.<\/p>\n

The escalating pay dispute threatens to cause transport chaos across Europe’s top economy and comes a month after Lufthansa was forced to cancel nearly 700 out of a total 1,800 flights due to half a day of warning strikes.<\/p>\n

Lufthansa board member Stefan Lauer, said the action, described as a 24-hour warning strike, was “de facto an all-out strike” that was “a completely excessive measure that can in no way be justified in view of the current state of negotiations.”<\/p>\n

Verdi has accused management of “playing with employees’ fears about their future and their jobs” in refusing to make any concrete guarantees.<\/p>\n

The union has complained that the offer tabled by management represented an increase of 0.4-0.6 percent over a period of 12 months.<\/p>\n

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