Lufthansa Faces Pilot Strike After Negotiations Collapse

Pilots
Lufthansa pilots pictured during a previous strike in 2016.
Credit: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters/Alamy Stock Photo
FRANKFURT­—German pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) said it is making the necessary legal and organizational preparations for Lufthansa pilots to go on strike after a new Aug. 25 offer from the airline was deemed insufficient. VC stopped short of announcing a walk-out by its Lufthansa members...
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