Transport staff across Germany are set to stage a major strike on Monday to push for wage hikes in the face of brisk inflation.
Workers at airports, ports, railways, buses and metro lines throughout Germany are expected to heed a call for 24-hour walkout.BERLIN - Transport staff across Germany are set to stage a major strike on Monday to push for wage hikes in the face of brisk inflation, as passengers brace for serious disruptions.
"A labour struggle that has no impact is toothless," Verdi chief Frank Werneke told public broadcaster Phoenix. To prevent supply gaps, Transport Minister Volker Wissing has ordered states to lift restrictions on truck deliveries Sunday, while asking airports to allow late-night takeoffs and landings"so stranded passengers can reach their destinations".
The rare joint call for a strike in Germany marks an escalation of an increasingly ill-tempered dispute over a pay packet to blunt the impact of surging inflation.
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