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Workers hold a banner which reads "We are worth it" during a strike after German trade union Verdi called on workers at Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Dortmund, Hanover and Bremen airports to go on a 24-hour strike, in Frankfurt, Germany, on Feb. 17, 2023. Heiko Becker/Reuters
BERLIN—A 24-hour strike at seven German airports, including Frankfurt and Munich, was set to affect nearly 300,000 passengers on Friday, as unionized workers pressed for higher wages and threatened a summer of “chaos” if their demands were not met.
The strike coincided with the start of the Munich Security Conference, with more than 40 heads of state and 60 ministers expected to attend.