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BERLIN, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 2,000 Lufthansa flights scheduled for next Monday were cancelled because of a warning strike called by labor1 union ver.di.
Lufthansa released the list of cancelled flights Saturday evening. By 9:00 p.m. (1900 GMT), more than 1,740 flights scheduled for Monday were called off.
"Nearly all Lufthansa flights within Germany and Europe will be cancelled," said Lufthansa in a statement, adding that only 20 of the 1,650 planned short-haul flights on Monday would operate.
Massive cancellations and delays for long-haul flights were expected to begin on Sunday, and the disorder2 would continue next Tuesday.
According to the airline, its operation in the airports of Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Norderstedt, Nuremberg, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Berlin, Stuttgart and Hanover would be affected3 by the strike action. Customers were urged to check their flights status before their journeys.
The ver.di union had called for a full-day strike next Monday, seeking to put more pressure on Lufthansa before their next round of collective bargaining for 33,000 Lufthansa employees scheduled late this month.
In their last round of negotiation4 this week, Lufthansa rejected the union's demand of a wage increase of 5.2 percent for the next 12 months and job guarantees.
"With this refusal, and its scandalous offer, the employer provoke a renewed warning strike," said Christine Behle, a board member of ver.di.
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1 labor | |
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦 | |
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n.紊乱,混乱;骚动,骚乱;疾病,失调 | |
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adj.不自然的,假装的 | |
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n.谈判,协商 | |
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adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词 | |
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6 inflicting | |
把…强加给,使承受,遭受( inflict的现在分词 ) | |
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