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Surprise strike delays flights from Düsseldorf

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Surprise strike delays flights from Düsseldorf
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Airline workers staged an unannouced strike early on Monday in Düsseldorf, triggering delays that will likely last throughout the day, service workers’ union Verdi said.

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Some 100 security workers walked off the job at 5 am and did not return for several hours.

The workers are trying to pressure employers to increase wages for some 22,000 security workers in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

According to two-year labour contracts, employers offer an hourly pay raise of €0.13 for 2009, and €0.11 for 2010. But with the lowest hourly rate for these workers at €7.53, and the highest at €12.38, this offer can only be seen as a provocation, the union said.

Verdi also called on workers at the Solvay chemical plant in Rheinberg to strike.

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