MrsBeauregardless t1_ja56zlm wrote on February 26, 2023 at 10:47 PM

Labor strikes.

I was thinking Russia was behind the strikes at first.

JoeyGIllustration t1_ja583g7 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 10:55 PM

Sensationalism at its finest

Urdar t1_ja6wj1b wrote on February 27, 2023 at 7:50 AM

"warning strike" is the direct and literal translation of the German term though.

WhichWitchIsWhitch t1_ja5kh5t wrote on February 27, 2023 at 12:24 AM

May still be

efficient_duck t1_ja6szri wrote on February 27, 2023 at 7:03 AM

Nope, that's nothing out of the ordinary here in Germany, these labor strikes are pretty common and happen up to a few times a year. Especially when there are negotiation rounds to increase the workers' salaries but the unions are not happy with the proposed increases.

autotldr t1_ja56oqv wrote on February 26, 2023 at 10:45 PM

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 75%. (I'm a bot)

> A series of so-called warning strikes in the public sector in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Monday is set to cause major disruption in the region's two biggest international airports, as well as affecting local public transport, day care facilities and other local services.

> It's part of a long-running dispute over pay and conditions, prompted in part by inflation and rising food and fuel prices in 2022, that has caused a series of strikes nationwide in recent weeks, often involving public sector workers.

> According to Verdi, public sector workers at airports include ground control staff, firefighters and many people working for the state-owned airports in various capacities.

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chibiace t1_ja57f8w wrote on February 26, 2023 at 10:50 PM

Should pay these workers properly before weapons spending

gaukonigshofen t1_ja5phbk wrote on February 27, 2023 at 1:02 AM

the benefits package is by far much better than American counterpart

Febra0001 t1_ja6q6mt wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:29 AM

Don’t worry, Igor. We can do both.

NurseryNurse t1_ja71o43 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 9:03 AM

I mean those workers are not working minimum wage, but they are not wealthy either. They demand to get a raise according to the inflation as they basically lost 10% of their wage last year.

Most of those jobs a crucial for our society anyway and arguably not payed good enough so going on a strike to atleast not get an inflationpaycut is understandable I guess.

A series of so-called warning strikes in the public sector in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Monday is set to cause major disruption in the region's two biggest international airports, as well as affecting local public transport, day care facilities and other services.

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