World in brief: February 5, 2024
GERMANY: An airport union called on Lufthansa’s ground staff to walk off the job for a day on Wednesday in a pay dispute, the latest of several transport strikes in the country.
The Ver.di union is calling on 25,000 ground staff for the German airline at Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Berlin and Duesseldorf airports to strike from Wednesday morning in pursuit of their 12.5 per cent pay claim.
NORTHERN IRELAND: The leaders of the British and Irish governments went to Belfast today to meet Northern Ireland’s newly revived government.
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