Ground personnel at German airline Lufthansa today launched a warning strike, disrupting travel for tens of thousands of passengers. Verdi’s union has gone on strike for service workers as it seeks to increase pressure in ongoing wage negotiations.

Lufthansa announced that “more than 1,000 flights will be canceled at its hubs in Frankfurt and Munich during the holiday season”, expressing “fear that the effects of the strike will continue until Friday, the last day of school before the start of the holidays.” .” summer in Bavaria.

The strike will affect 134,000 passengers as they will have to change or cancel their travel plans, with at least 47 flights already canceled yesterday.

The union announced today that it “does not intend to organize further strikes until the completion of the next round of negotiations scheduled for next week.”

Verdi’s chief negotiator Christine Belle said in statements that she “rules out organizing more strikes after the strike ends tomorrow Thursday morning” and defended the length of the warning strike, which exceeds 24 hours, in an attempt to get all employees involved in the strike.

Verdi and Lufthansa intend to hold talks on August 3-4 on the salaries of about 20,000 employees of the company’s ground service.