Scores of flights were canceled Wednesday after thousands of airport workers walked off their jobs at several German airports. At Frankfurt International Airport -- Germany's largest and Europe's third-busiest -- more than 2,000 baggage handlers, check-in counter workers, airport firefighters and ground crew workers joined the strike, said ver.di union representative Frank Bsirske."Either the public employers make an offer with clear salary increases and without increased work hours, or we will show them our strength," Bsirske said at a rally at the airport.
Ver.di has called for an 8 percent raise for Germany's 1.3 million public service workers, backdated to January 1.
The government has countered with a 5 percent increase over two years, accompanied by a longer working week -- an offer ver.di rejected.
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