Flight cancellations at Germany's Hamburg Airport affect more than 40,000 passengers after strike

Flight cancellations at Hamburg Airport after a surprise strike by workers have affected more than 40,000 passengers. The disruption came a day before a planned wider protest across Germany amid new contract negotiations. The airport said that only 10 of more than 280 scheduled flights came and went as planned Sunday. The surprise walkout comes before a series of preannounced strikes across 13 airports in Germany planned for Monday. The ver.di union called the strikes by security control staff to boost pressure in collective bargaining talks with an association of aviation security services companies.