Trains on some of the busiest commuter routes in the country will not run on Tuesday and stations will be closed because of rail strikes announced by train drivers in a long-running pay dispute.
Train drivers at 16 rail companies are to stage a fresh wave of strikes from this week in a long-running dispute over pay, threatening to disrupt families across the country during the Easter school holidays.
Train drivers at 16 rail companies are to stage a fresh wave of strikes next week in a long-running dispute over pay, threatening to disrupt families across the country during the Easter school holidays.
Train drivers and some crew for Germany's main railway operator will see their working week reduced from 38 hours to 35 by 2029 without having their pay cut, but will have an option to work longer for more money, the two sides said Tuesday. The arrangement is central to a deal that state-owned operator Deutsche Bahn reached Monday with the GDL union, which represents many of its drivers and some other workers, after five months of negotiations punctuated by strikes. The rail strikes led to most long-distance and many regional trains being canceled, in some cases for days at a time in Europe's biggest economy.