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Lufthansa pilots set to strike again on Tuesday, Wednesday
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A passenger stands in front of the departure board at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Nov. 25, 2016. The Lufthansa pilots want to continue their strike at least until Saturday. (dpa via AP/Arne Dedert)
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he pilots' union at German airline Lufthansa says it is calling additional strikes for Tuesday and Wednesday, following a two-day break in its campaign of walkouts.
The Cockpit union said Sunday that its members scheduled to fly short-haul flights would strike on Tuesday. The union plans to add long-haul routes to the walkout on Wednesday.
(Read also: Hundreds more flights canceled on day 3 of Lufthansa strike)
Cockpit staged four days of strikes last week in a pay dispute that's festered for over two years. The union says a hastily convened meeting with Lufthansa on Sunday failed to produce a resolution.
Cockpit is seeking retroactive raises of 3.66 percent a year going back 5½ years.
Lufthansa offered Friday to increase pilot pay by 4.4 percent by mid-2018, and make a one-time payment equal to 1.8 monthly salaries in lieu of past raises.
