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Germany Sacks Rail Chief With Train Network In Crisis

The German government sacked the embattled head of Deutsche Bahn on Thursday as it seeks to overhaul the ailing public rail network after years of criticism about deteriorating services.

International Business Times · Aug 14, 2025

Strike-hit German Rail Operator Agrees To 35-hour Week

German rail operator Deutsche Bahn said on Tuesday it had agreed with the GDL union to shorten train drivers' working week, ending a months-long row that caused strikes across the country.

International Business Times · Mar 26, 2024

Germany's Railway Operator And Union Reach Deal After Strikes

Germany's main railway operator and GDL union reach a deal after strikes over working hours and pay, with details to be disclosed soon.

Deutsche Bahn And Train Drivers Reach Deal In Wage Dispute

Germany's Deutsche Bahn rail operator and the GDL train drivers' union have reached a deal in a wage dispute that has caused months of crippling strikes in the country, the union said on Monday.

International Business Times · Mar 25, 2024

Deutsche Bahn files legal action over German rail strike

GDL union has announced its sixth strike in a dispute over wages and hours

The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2024

Strikes cripple air and rail travel across Germany

Airport workers and train drivers walk off the job to demand more pay to offset soaring inflation in the country.

Al Jazeera · Mar 7, 2024

German Rail, Air Workers Walk Out In New Strike Round

Germany has been troubled by strikes for months as workers and management wrestle over terms amid high inflation and weak business activity.

International Business Times · Mar 7, 2024

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Germany Braces For Fresh Rail, Air Travel Strikes

Germany braced for more travel misery after unions on Monday called for renewed walkouts at Lufthansa and rail operator Deutsche Bahn, amid escalating rows over inflation-busting pay rises.

International Business Times · Mar 4, 2024

Germany Faces Public Transportation Disruptions Amid Worker Strikes

Ver.di union and Fridays for Future activists lead public transportation strikes in Germany for improved working conditions. GDL union disputes with Deutsc...

German Train Drivers Union Ends Strike, Resumes Talks with Railway Operator

Germany's train drivers' union is ending their six-day strike early and returning to negotiations with the national railway operator, Deutsche Bahn. The st...

Fears Over Economy Grow As German Rail Begins Longest Strike

German train drivers began on Wednesday their longest-ever strike, piling on travel misery for thousands of passengers in an escalating industrial dispute that economic experts warn could cost the economy up to a billion euros ($1.1 billion).

International Business Times · Jan 24, 2024

Germany expected to grind to a halt during country’s longest train strike

GDL union, which has 40,000 members, prepares for industrial action in dispute over pay and hours

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2024

Woman dies after car hits French farmers’ blockade; Germany faces massive rail strike – as it happened

Car went into roadblock, hitting three people; industrial action by train drivers’ union will begin on Wednesday and last until Monday

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2024

German Train Drivers To Stage Longest-ever Strike

German train drivers will stage their longest-ever walkout with a six-day strike this week, their union said Monday, escalating a dispute with rail operator Deutsche Bahn over pay and working hours.

International Business Times · Jan 22, 2024

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Fortune · Jan 12, 2024

Europe's largest economy, struggling to pull itself out of recession, hit with rail strikes and farmers' protests to start 2024

Chancellor Olaf Scholz is slipping in polls, while a surging far-right party is backing the protesting farmers, who are losing some of their precious subsidies.

International Business Times · Jan 10, 2024

Train Strikes, Farmer Blockades Snarl German Transport

Nationwide strikes brought German transport to a standstill Wednesday, with railway workers on a three-day stoppage while farmers on tractors blocked autobahns in a bitter protest over subsidy cuts.

The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2024

Polish president says he will work to free conservative politicians as former minister launches hunger strike – as it happened

Andrzej Duda says he will not rest until Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik are freed from prison after their convictions for abuse of power for actions taken in 2007

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2024

3-day union strike brings train traffic to a near standstill across Germany

A union representing many of Germany’s train drivers has started a nearly three-day strike in a rancorous dispute with the country’s state-owned main railway operator over working hours and pay

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The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2024

German farmers block roads with tractors in subsidies protest

Partial U-turn by Berlin fails to avert week-long nationwide action that government says could be co-opted by righwing extremists

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2023

Members of a union representing German train drivers vote for open-ended strikes in bitter dispute

Members of a union representing German train drivers have voted overwhelmingly to stage open-ended strikes in a bitter dispute with the main national railway operator over working hours and pay

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2023

German rail workers begin 24-hour strike as pay talks stall

A union representing Germany’s train drivers began a 24-hour strike Thursday night, causing widespread rail cancellations and travel disruptions across the country

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2023

Union representing German train drivers calls strike that will hit passenger services

A union representing German train drivers is calling its members to strike for 24 hours this week, following the breakdown of talks with the main national operator in what is shaping up to be an unusually difficult dispute over pay and working hours

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023

German railway runs much-reduced schedule as drivers' union stages a 20-hour strike

Germany’s national railway operator is running a drastically reduced schedule after a union called a 20-hour strike aimed at increasing the pressure in a bitter dispute over pay and working hours

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2023

German union calls on train drivers to strike this week in a rancorous pay dispute

A union representing German train drivers says it is calling its members out on a 20-hour strike later this week as a rancorous round of pay negotiations with the country’s main rail operator gets under way

Texas Observer · Oct 25, 2023

Unmasking Texas Neo-Nazis

Police cited four men for distributing antisemitic and racist flyers in Fort Worth and Weatherford. From Steven Monacelli.

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