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Strike By Lufthansa Attendants Grounds Flights Strike by Lufthansa Attendants Grounds Flights
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Lufthansa flight attendants walked off the job for eight hours on Friday at the Frankfurt airport, causing the cancellation of more than 220 flights. Their union warned of more stoppages unless the airline gave in to its demands. Lufthansa, Germany’s largest airline, said it canceled more than 220 short- and medium-haul flights from and to Frankfurt, including routes across Europe, after about 1,000 cabin crew members went on strike. A small number of long-haul flights were canceled as well, among them services to and from New York, Boston, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Seattle. An airline spokesman, Klaus Walther, accused the union of putting its demands “on the back of the customers.” The union called the strike after 13 months of negotiations for higher pay and guarantees on conditions failed to produce an agreement.Lufthansa flight attendants walked off the job for eight hours on Friday at the Frankfurt airport, causing the cancellation of more than 220 flights. Their union warned of more stoppages unless the airline gave in to its demands. Lufthansa, Germany’s largest airline, said it canceled more than 220 short- and medium-haul flights from and to Frankfurt, including routes across Europe, after about 1,000 cabin crew members went on strike. A small number of long-haul flights were canceled as well, among them services to and from New York, Boston, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Seattle. An airline spokesman, Klaus Walther, accused the union of putting its demands “on the back of the customers.” The union called the strike after 13 months of negotiations for higher pay and guarantees on conditions failed to produce an agreement.