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| Lufthansa cancels flights as crew stage second strike | Lufthansa cancels flights as crew stage second strike |
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| Lufthansa has cancelled 190 flights in and out of Frankfurt, Germany's busiest airport, after cabin staff staged another strike. | Lufthansa has cancelled 190 flights in and out of Frankfurt, Germany's busiest airport, after cabin staff staged another strike. |
| Strike action called by the UFO union representing cabin staff also began at Berlin's Tegel airport earlier Tuesday. | Strike action called by the UFO union representing cabin staff also began at Berlin's Tegel airport earlier Tuesday. |
| An eleven-hour walk-out is also scheduled to begin at Munich airport at 11:00 GMT. | An eleven-hour walk-out is also scheduled to begin at Munich airport at 11:00 GMT. |
| The union and the airline have been in dispute over pay and working conditions. | The union and the airline have been in dispute over pay and working conditions. |
| Workers held a day-long strike last Friday. The UFO union is seeking a pay increase of 5% for cabin staff for 15 months starting from January this year. The union said there had been no pay increases for three years. | Workers held a day-long strike last Friday. The UFO union is seeking a pay increase of 5% for cabin staff for 15 months starting from January this year. The union said there had been no pay increases for three years. |
| It also wants guarantees that Lufthansa will not outsource jobs and use more temporary workers, as it has done in Berlin. | It also wants guarantees that Lufthansa will not outsource jobs and use more temporary workers, as it has done in Berlin. |
| Lufthansa's latest offer was for a pay increase of about 3.5%. | Lufthansa's latest offer was for a pay increase of about 3.5%. |
| The airline is undergoing a 1.5bn euro (£1.19bn) cost-cutting programme to offset rising fuel costs and tackle competition from low-cost and Gulf carriers. | |
| Lufthansa has about 19,000 cabin crew and the UFO union represents about two-thirds of them. | Lufthansa has about 19,000 cabin crew and the UFO union represents about two-thirds of them. |