Another German Strike

From the DW:
"Lufthansa strike to impact 'tens of thousands'"

A German trade union has called for a strike at airports across the country on Wednesday. All intercontinental flights to and from Munich will be canceled; Düsseldorf, Cologne, and Frankfurt airports will also be hit.  A Lufthansa official said the upcoming strike shows "that we desperately need rules for labor disputes in the air transport industry," as six airports across Germany prepare for cancellations of both international and domestic flights on Wednesday. The airline said that all intercontinental flights leaving from Munich will be cancelled, as will many domestic and European flights. The airports in Düsseldorf, Cologne, Frankfurt, Dortmund and Hannover will also be affected. Tens of thousands of passengers will be impacted by the strike, which will end later on Wednesday. Lufthansa said that in Frankfurt flights will resume as normal after 3 p.m. (1300 UTC).

The German trade union Verdi is demanding a six percent wage increase for some two million public service employees, as well as an pay increase of 100 euros per month for trainees, according to tagesschau.de. The next round of negotiations between the union and the government will take place on April 28 and April 29. Verdi had earlier rejected the offer of a three-percent wage increase over a period of two years. German airports were massively disrupted last year after Lufthansa flight attendants organized a mass protest that lasted for seven days. The strikes cost the company an estimated 140 million euros, not including a separate series of strikes by Luftahnsa pilots. The pilots' labor dispute remains unresolved.

^ This is beyond ridiculous. Germany needs to do what Ronald Reagan did in the 1980s - fire anyone who strikes. They have everything and yet they still "fight"  - probably because they get paid while they are on strike and don't care about the millions of people around the world that their actions. Germans, in general, don't seem to care when their actions affect millions of innocent people. Lufthansa should fire the strikers and give their jobs to the refugees - it's a win-win for everyone.  ^

http://www.dw.com/en/lufthansa-strike-to-impact-tens-of-thousands/a-19214292