German railway union announces new strike over wages


  • World
  • Thursday, 11 May 2023

FILE PHOTO: General view of the main railway station of Essenduring a nationwide strike of Germany's train drivers' union GDL April 22, 2015. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's railway union EVG on Thursday announced a new 50-hour strike to take place from Sunday to Tuesday as wage talks with state train operator Deutsche Bahn and around 50 other rail companies drag on without a resolution.

The walkout - set to start at 2000 GMT on Sunday and end at 2200 GMT on Tuesday - will be the latest in a wave of industrial action in several European countries as a cost of living crisis eats into incomes.

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