Commuters in Germany switched to cars or bikes to reach their workplaces on Friday morning as local public transit workers in around 80 German cities and towns stage a day-long strike in the latest show of labour unrest in Europe's largest economy. Passengers faced reduced or no service on bus, tram and underground lines in cities across Germany, with the exception of Bavaria. Travellers in North Rhine-Westphalia are worst affected, with around a third of the 90,000 workers called out to strike