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Pilots at Lufthansa long-haul fleet to strike

By Washington Examiner
Published October 20, 2014 6:16am ET
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BERLIN (AP) — A planned strike by pilots at Lufthansa has been expanded to include a one-day walkout Tuesday at the German airline’s long-haul fleet.

The Vereinigung Cockpit union already had announced a 35-hour strike at Lufthansa’s short-haul fleet starting mid-Monday, the latest in a string of walkouts over retirement benefits. It expanded that to target long-haul services from 6 a.m. (0400 GMT) to midnight (2200 GMT) Tuesday.

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