Hundreds of Lufthansa flights are canceled due to the warning strike. Verdi is demanding 12.5 percent more compensation for the more than 20,000 ground workers.

The union has not yet threatened an indefinite strike - and probably doesn't need to. The situation in aviation security is a result of a similar situation in the aviation security situation in Germany. It only seems to be about payment points and duration, but a long term that was more than twice as long as that offered.