Germany rail strike halted by court

August 8, 2007 by SwizStick  
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And just like that, a labor court in Germany has put a stop to the impending rail strike, at least until Sept 30th:

A labor court in the southern city of Nuremberg issued an “emergency ruling” today prohibiting strikes on freight and long-distance trains until Sept. 30, Thomas Ubber of law firm Lovells LL.P, which represents Deutsche Bahn, said by phone.

The GDL engineers’ union said it was shelving plans to disrupt freight traffic across Germany tomorrow to press its case for pay rises of as much as 31 percent for 20,000 train drivers and 10,000 other staff. All-out rail strikes could cause revenue losses of 500 million euros ($688 million) a day, according to the Berlin-based DIW economic institute.

Obviously the union is appealing, the court will consider their appeal on Friday.

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