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German air traffic controllers threaten strike in contract dispute
Oct 7, 2011, 19:39 GMT
Frankfurt - German air traffic controllers failed Friday to resolve an ongoing pay dispute with their employers, and threatened to stage their first nationwide strike in postwar history.
Trade unionists said the final round of negotiations with air traffic control operator DFS, aimed at establishing a new collective-bargaining agreement on wages and work conditions, had failed.
Strikes could begin as early as Wednesday, according to the GdF trade union, negotiating on behalf of DFS' approximately 5,000 employees including 1,900 air traffic controllers.
The dispute between the two sides had been less about wages than about the issue of the extended shifts that some employees are required to work.
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