The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Five times more strike days in 2015 than 2014 Last year saw a five-fold increase in the number of working days lost to strikes in Germany, even if industrial action remains comparatively rare in Europe's biggest economy, data showed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160303/germany-saw-five-times-more-strike-action-in-2015-than-2014 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 15:30:59 +0100 germany-saw-five-times-more-strike-action-in-2015-than-2014