Services union Verdi has broken its promised hiatus on strike action in Kitas this week, leaving parents in Berlin scrambling to find alternative childcare.
Germany's classrooms are overcrowded amid a shortage of teachers across the country. A Berlin union has called for a walkout on Wednesday, after officials failed to respond to requests to negotiate on the topic.
Passengers travelling on local public transportation in Baden-WĂźrttemberg are facing major disruption as strikes take place. Strikes are also affecting other areas including Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony.
Cabin crew for German airline Lufthansa have won a 16.5 percent pay raise after months of negotiations, both sides said Thursday, averting the threat of further strikes.
No more strikes are in sight for German airport security staff, who on Monday reached a wage deal proceeding months of strikes which paralysed passenger traffic.
Narrowly averted over Easter, German airport strikes are again possible depending on the outcome of current wage negotiations among Lufthansa employees. What are their demands?
German airline giant Lufthansa
and a union representing ground staff said Wednesday they had reached an agreement on pay after a lengthy dispute, averting the threat of Easter holiday strikes.
Following a wave of strikes on behalf of Lufthansa airport personal, more negotiations started on Monday. How likely is it that a solution will be reached by Thursday - and will strikes start again if it isn't?
The risk of strikes at German airports has decreased significantly for the Easter holidays, as security workers entered a peace truce ahead of the next round of negotiations.
German rail operator Deutsche
Bahn said Tuesday it had agreed with the GDL union to shorten train drivers' working week, ending a months-long row that caused strikes across the country.
Germany's Deutsche Bahn rail operator and the GDL train drivers' union have reached a deal in a wage dispute that has
caused months of crippling strikes in the country, the union said.
After a fierce dispute resulting six walkouts, the GDL train drivers' union and Deutsche Bahn are negotiating again. This time both sides are signalling that an agreement could be reached this week.
Germany's Deutsche Bahn railways and the GDL train drivers' union announced they had returned to the negotiating table on Saturday after a wave of strikes demanding better pay.
As fresh strikes hit Germany's transport sector on Friday, we look at what we can expect in the coming weeks, amid growing calls for industrial action to be put on pause during Easter.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday rejected a call for Germany to put in place rules to restrict critical infrastructure like rail transport from industrial action, despite mounting public frustration over a bout of walkouts.
Germany has seen transport strikes almost every week of 2024. How likely are they to also affect passengers during the long Easter holiday weekend at the end of March?
Germans faced more travel upheaval after train drivers announced Sunday a new 24-hour stoppage, hot on the heels of a strike announcement by Lufthansa cabin crew.
On Monday German train drivers union GDL called more strikes this week - as well as future unlimited ones which would be announced without prior notice. Here's what passengers need to know.
