The FAU has been demanding a 5% increase in salary for employees from next year.

BBC: Cathay Pacific cabin crew vote for industrial action

The Flight Attendant's Union (FAU) said it may implement work-to-rule measures to begin with, which could limit the services offered to passengers.

BBC: Cathay Pacific cabin crew vote for industrial action

Thankfully, public exposure seems to have brought FAU to its senses.

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FAU's College Republicans were also on campus encouraging students to vote.

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"Midterm elections just aren't as popular or as sexy as the presidential election, " said FAU junior Ben Wack, who's been with the College Republicans for a year.

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To get around this, researchers Tilo Muller, Michael Spreitzenbarth and Felix Freiling from FAU put Android phones in a freezer for an hour until the device had cooled to below -10C.

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Dora Lei, chairwoman of the FAU said that if the airline continues to disregard their demands "then we have no choice but to declare a strike at the appropriate time if needed".

BBC: Cathay Pacific cabin crew vote for industrial action

Android's data scrambling system was good for end users but a "nightmare" for law enforcement and forensics workers, the team at Erlangen's Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) wrote in a blogpost about their work.

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"In the last week, we've already written to the FAU chairlady, telling her we are open for discussion on other subjects provided the threat of industrial action is taken away, " said Lisa Ng, Cathay's cabin crew general manager.

BBC: Cathay Pacific cabin crew vote for industrial action