German state-owned railway Deutsche Bahn has struck a deal with the train drivers' union GDL to end a long and bitter collective bargaining dispute that included multiple disruptive strikes. The GDL trade union announced the deal on Monday evening, but said details of the wage agreement would only be provided on Tuesday morning at separate press conferences called by Deutsche Bahn and the trade union. A spokesman for Deutsche Bahn confirmed upon request that an agreement had been reached. Both D
Thousands of German doctors at 23 university hospitals across the country are expected to go out on strike on Tuesday as part of a collective bargaining dispute over wages and working hours. Urgent patient care is not expected to be disrupted by the strike, as hospital managers are obliged to secure emergency staffing, but clinic services may be disrupted, according to the Marburger Bund trade union, which represents the doctors. Several thousand doctors are expected to rally in Hanover on Tuesd
them back and move forward, and this, of course, as we know, ed, wisconsin is not the only state dealing with a collective bargaining dispute right now. it s been pretty amazing to watch it all unfold. give us an update on what else is going on. reporter: in the state of indiana a couple years ago they went through some of this. but right now you have states like iowa, ohio, and idaho that are going through these collective bargaining issues as well, they re all different, in very many ways in terms of the specifics of what being done in those states. you re also seeing some union disputes there in the state of florida as well where they have a new republican governor. so, this has been really something that has ramped up in many corners of this country. all right, thanks, ed. stay warm, and stay on the story. we ll talk to you later. also making history, 220 miles above earth, you can probably guess it, was the last wake-up call for the crew of space shuttle discovery. good