Strike over pay paralyzes rail, air travel in Germany

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Trains, planes and public transit systems stood still across much of Germany on Monday as labor unions called a major one-day strike over salaries in an effort to win inflation-busting raises for their members.

The 24-hour walkout — one of the biggest in decades — also affected cargo transport by rail and ship, as workers at the country’s ports and waterways joined the strike.

High inflation also seen elsewhere last year has hit many workers hard, said Ulrich Silberbach of the Civil Service Federation. His colleague Martin Burkert from the EVG rail union lamented that workers’ pay is a fraction of what some top managers earn.

 

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