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Lufthansa's Thanksgiving: another strike day

Paul Heymont 11/25/152:00 PM

Fortunately for Lufthansa, tomorrow isn't one of the year's big travel days as it is in the U.S., because the airline's cabin crews are headed back to the picket line for Thursday and Friday over unresolved issues.

The strike may continue into next week if there is no progress, but the union has said it will not strike on the weekend, which IS one of the big travel days—Advent weekend.

Lufthansa has faced a year and more of intermittent strikes by pilots and cabin crew over its attempts to shrink pensions and benefits, and move more of its jobs into its lower-wage budget subsidiaries and into companies not subject to German labor law. The airline says this is necessary to allow it to remain competitive with budget carriers such as EasyJet and RyanAir.

More details from TheLocal.de HERE

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