GERMANY: Airfield workers at Frankfurt Airport resume their strike over higher pay, with Lufthansa announcing it has cancelled around 140 mostly domestic and European flights

Record ID: 340657

  • Title: GERMANY: Airfield workers at Frankfurt Airport resume their strike over higher pay, with Lufthansa announcing it has cancelled around 140 mostly domestic and European flights
  • Date: 28th February 2012
  • Summary: FRANKFURT, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 27, 2012) (REUTERS) NIGHT EXTERIOR OF FRANKFURT AIRPORT DEPARTURES TERMINAL PASSENGERS WITH SUITCASES ENTERING BUILDING DEPARTURES BOARD SHOWING CANCELLED FLIGHTS PASSENGERS IN TERMINAL PASSENGERS STANDING IN LINE AT COUNTER (SOUNDBITE) (German) PASSENGER, RALF FRANKE, SAYING: "I don't know yet whether my flight is taking off or not. I'm
  • Embargoed: 14th March 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Germany, Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA4YL4YUJH3QL1IPIGOSHQEHS03
  • Story Text: Airfield workers at Frankfurt Airport resumed their strike on Monday (February 27) after their representatives and airport operator Fraport failed to reach a pay deal late on Friday, according to trade union GdF which said the walkout would last until Thursday.
    Frankfurt airport is Europe's third-busiest after London-Heathrow and Paris Charles de Gaulle, with about 1,300 flight movements per day, more than half of them by Lufthansa.
    After the pay talks collapsed on Friday, Fraport dismissed GdF's demand as unjustified and unacceptable, while GdF countered by blaming Fraport for making an offer lower than the original one from before the mediation process.
    Lufthansa was the worst hit by the strikes that started on February 16 and ran until February 22 with a break over the weekend.
    The strike had been due to run until Friday, but was broken off on Wednesday after Fraport wrote to the union offering fresh talks.
    The workers affected were around 200 ground crew who guide aircraft to parking positions.
    The GdF is required to give 24 hours notice of any strike.
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