Lufthansa cabin crew vote for further strikes after talks fail

Lufthansa faces strike action after a cabin crew union voted to escalate its conflict with Europe’s biggest airline group. The UFO union said late Friday that members voted for strike action at the group’s airlines including Lufthansa and Lufthansa CityLine after pay talks with company bosses broke down. The union will now decide when the strikes will take place. Lufhansa didn’t accept a proposal from the union and the union will announce the escalation of protests in a video message next Monday at 2 pm local time, a spokeswoman said. Lufthansa last month cancelled flights at its SunExpress Deutschland, Lufthansa CityLine, Germanwings and Eurowings after UFO called a warning strike. A separate strike at the main airline was cancelled after the company agreed to a 2% wage increase by the end of the year, UFO said. <br/>