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Hundreds of Lufthansa flights were canceled on Saturday after a cabin crew union started a series of walkouts Friday that could become the longest ever strike at the carrier.
The walkout comes after Lufthansa and the union failed to reach an agreement on early retirement benefits and pensions.
Passengers are frustrated.
(SOUNDBITE) (German) PASSENGER HERBERT HAASE (VIENNA), SAYING:
"I can only understand this a little bit. Because it is blackmail. A small group wants to make their mark and a hundred thousand have to come and 'kiss their hands'. This is blackmail. And normally in Europe we try to find a compromise through talks and negotiations. But if one side is not ready to do so and reaches for the strongest weapon, then this is a pathetic display. For both sides."
The spokesperson for the cabin crew workers union UFO Nicoley Baublies says talking has not been enough.
(SOUNDBITE) (German) SPOKESPERSON FOR LUFTHANSA CABIN CREW WORKERS UNION UFO, NICOLEY BAUBLIES, SAYING:
"So after two years of negotiation, it does not work anymore via talks only. So we now go on strike, for the first time."
Without concessions the union says it will carry more walkouts until Nov. 13
Lufthansa spokesperson Andrea Barrels says that will mean a lot of canceled flights --
(SOUNDBITE) (German) LUFTHANSA SPOKESMAN, ANDREA BARRELS, SAYING:
"Today, 520 flights are being affected. Especially flights within Germany and Europe which we had to cancel here in Frankfurt, 6 in Duesseldorf. But the intercontinental flights operate according to plan. 50,000 passenger are affected today by the strike.
Strikes by pilots have already cost Lufthansa 130 million euros so far this year.
Vocabulary:
| cabin crew | in an aircraft, the people whose job it is to take care of the passengers | đoàn bay, phi hành đoàn | |
| union | /ˈjuːnjən/ | A society or association formed by people with a common interest or purpose | liên minh, hiệp hội, nhóm những người có chung lợi ích hoặc mục đích |
| walkout | /wɔːk.aʊt/ | the act of leaving an official meeting as a group in order to show disapproval, or of leaving a place of work to start a strike | sự xuống đường, sự biểu tình |
| carrier | /ˈkær.i.ər/ | a company that operates aircraft | hãng hàng không |
| pension | /ˈpen.ʃən/ | an amount of money paid regularly by the government or a private company to a person who does not work any more because they are too old or have become ill: | tiền trợ cấp, tiền lương hưu |
| frustrated | /frʌstreɪ.tɪd/ | feeling annoyed or less confident because you cannot achieve what you want | bối rối, bất lực |
| compromise | /kɒm.prə.maɪz/ | an agreement in an argument in which the people involved reduce their demands or change their opinion in order to agree | sự thỏa hiệp |
| pathetic | /pəˈθet.ɪk/ | causing feelings of sadness, sympathy, or sometimes lack of respect, especially because a person or an animal is suffering | đáng thương, cảm động, thương hại |
| concession | /kənˈseʃ.ən/ | something that is allowed or given up, often in order to end a disagreement, or the act of allowing or giving this | sự nhượng bộ, nhân nhượng (thường để kết thúc sự bất đồng) |
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