Shares in Thomas Cook fall after pilots strike

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Shares in Thomas Cook fall after pilots strike.

The shares in Thomas Cook Group PLC (TCG) a FTSE 250 company fell 2.7% at 120.55 today (08/09/17).

Pilots followed through on planned strike action over pay.

This is quite significant as it is the first strike action taken by UK pilots since the 1970’s.

Worrying trend, likely to evolve, or just limited to Thomas Cook?

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