Public-sector strikes cause transport chaos
China Daily | Updated: 2008-03-06 07:28
The main gate at a bus depot of the Municipal Transport Service company BVG is secured with a padlock during the public-sector strikes in Berlin yesterday. Reuters |
Thousands of public-sector workers went on strike across Germany yesterday, shutting hospitals and causing travel chaos in a demand for higher pay that is fuelling inflation fears in Europe's biggest economy.
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