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 Thousands of Thyssenkrupp steel workers in Germany on Tuesday protested against planned job cuts, accusing bosses at the struggling conglomerate of mismanagement after a failed merger bid with Tata steel. https://www.thelocal.de/20191203/thousands-of-steel-workers-protest-against-german-job-cuts-thyssenkrupp Tue, 03 Dec 2019 17:58:06 +0100 thousands-of-steel-workers-protest-against-german-job-cuts-thyssenkrupp Talks to reduce weekly working hours for east German metalworkers to match those in the west have failed. https://www.thelocal.de/20190624/dispute-over-working-hours-for-metal-workers-in-east-germany-continues Mon, 24 Jun 2019 13:47:16 +0200 dispute-over-working-hours-for-metal-workers-in-east-germany-continues Doctors across Germany have walked off the job Wednesday in protest of long working hours and low pay. https://www.thelocal.de/20190410/wednesdays-doctor-strike Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:07:56 +0200 wednesdays-doctor-strike With Berlin already preparing for Friday’s public transport strikes, schools, kindergartens and government offices across the city have been closed as demonstrations continue on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190213/strikes-shut-schools-kindergartens-and-government-offices-across-berlin-on-wednesday-ahead-of-union-negotiations Wed, 13 Feb 2019 12:08:38 +0100 strikes-shut-schools-kindergartens-and-government-offices-across-berlin-on-wednesday-ahead-of-union-negotiations German railway operator Deutsche Bahn and its main union said Saturday they had reached a pay deal after strikes disrupted services earlier this week. https://www.thelocal.de/20181215/german-railway-reaches-pay-deal-with-main-union Sat, 15 Dec 2018 15:31:04 +0100 german-railway-reaches-pay-deal-with-main-union Online retail giant Amazon announced on Friday its plans to fill over 2,000 vacant positions in Germany in 2018. https://www.thelocal.de/20180504/amazon-announces-over-2000-new-jobs-in-germany-this-year Fri, 04 May 2018 14:26:53 +0200 amazon-announces-over-2000-new-jobs-in-germany-this-year Thousands of German metalworkers will down tools for a day from Tuesday evening, as their powerful union flexes its muscles in a battle with bosses for higher pay and more generous conditions. https://www.thelocal.de/20180131/metalworkers-to-down-tools Wed, 31 Jan 2018 09:50:40 +0100 metalworkers-to-down-tools Germany's metalworkers' union said Saturday that it will intensify its campaign for better pay and conditions, threatening 24-hour "warning strikes" after talks with industry representatives fell apart. https://www.thelocal.de/20180127/industrial-strikes-loom-as-talks-with-german-union-collapse Sat, 27 Jan 2018 18:25:57 +0100 industrial-strikes-loom-as-talks-with-german-union-collapse Tens of thousands of German workers downed tools this week as the country's largest union ramped up its battle for the right to a 28-hour week. https://www.thelocal.de/20180111/time-over-money-germanys-largest-union-defends-28-hour-week Thu, 11 Jan 2018 10:00:07 +0100 time-over-money-germanys-largest-union-defends-28-hour-week Passengers travelling with Ryanair in Germany on Friday saw little disruption from a short strike called by a pilots' union, with the no-frills airline praising crew for "largely ignoring" the unprecedented walkout. https://www.thelocal.de/20171222/ryanair-flights-in-germany-take-off-despite-strike Fri, 22 Dec 2017 10:48:21 +0100 ryanair-flights-in-germany-take-off-despite-strike German Ryanair pilots will strike for the first time Friday, union leaders said, dialling up the heat in a Europe-wide battle for recognition from the no-frills airline ahead of the busy holiday period. https://www.thelocal.de/20171221/german-pilots-union-calls-first-ever-ryanair-strike Thu, 21 Dec 2017 17:56:31 +0100 german-pilots-union-calls-first-ever-ryanair-strike Passengers flying in and out of Berlin airports face delays or cancellations on Monday due to a ground crew strike over pay, union officials said. https://www.thelocal.de/20170312/passengers-face-more-misery-as-new-strike-hits-berlin-airports Sun, 12 Mar 2017 11:13:27 +0100 passengers-face-more-misery-as-new-strike-hits-berlin-airports Ground crew workers at four major airports are on strike on Wednesday, leading to dozens of flight delays and cancellations. https://www.thelocal.de/20170208/more-than-100-flights-cancelled-as-airport-strikes-hit-berlin-hamburg-stuttgart Wed, 08 Feb 2017 10:35:38 +0100 more-than-100-flights-cancelled-as-airport-strikes-hit-berlin-hamburg-stuttgart Hundreds of flights have been cancelled at airports across Germany as public sector workers walked out in a “warning strike” over pay. https://www.thelocal.de/20160427/hundreds-of-flights-cancelled-as-strikes-hit-airports Wed, 27 Apr 2016 12:15:43 +0200 hundreds-of-flights-cancelled-as-strikes-hit-airports Police union GdP warned on Friday that overstretched federal officers can't keep up controls on Germany's southern borders indefinitely. https://www.thelocal.de/20160122/police-cant-keep-up-border-controls-union Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:39:41 +0100 police-cant-keep-up-border-controls-union Strikes by Lufthansa cabin crew will hit 136 flights and 27,300 passengers on Tuesday, with little hope of a negotiated solution to the week-long walkout. https://www.thelocal.de/20151110/lufthansa-strike-hits-113000-passengers Tue, 10 Nov 2015 09:23:00 +0100 lufthansa-strike-hits-113000-passengers Pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) said on Monday that its members would walk out from all long-distance flights operated by Lufthansa on Tuesday, as a long-running dispute over pay, conditions and retirement heats up again. https://www.thelocal.de/20150907/lufthansa-pilots-announce-strike-for-tuesday Mon, 07 Sep 2015 10:43:03 +0200 lufthansa-pilots-announce-strike-for-tuesday A poll published on Tuesday shows that at the peak of their tough talk towards Greece, Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble have been earning even greater confidence from German voters. https://www.thelocal.de/20150707/voters-back-schubles-hard-line-on-greece Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:36:41 +0200 voters-back-schubles-hard-line-on-greece Members of service workers' union Verdi at Deutsche Post made good on threats to walk off the job on Monday, announcing an indeterminate strike that will hit deliveries across Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20150608/postal-union-launches-strike-no-end-date-set Mon, 08 Jun 2015 16:35:19 +0200 postal-union-launches-strike-no-end-date-set Service workers' union Verdi has accused Deutsche Post of trying to intimidate striking workers by threatening them with losing their jobs. https://www.thelocal.de/20150513/union-accuses-post-of-threatening-workers Wed, 13 May 2015 10:27:12 +0200 union-accuses-post-of-threatening-workers