German Rail Union Threatens World Cup Strike Over Bahn Plans

German Rail Union Threatens World Cup Strike Over Bahn Plans
Deutsche Welle

Plans by the German government to split up the state-owned rail operator Deutsche Bahn may lead to German railway workers staging strikes during the World Cup.

"We don't want to but if necessary we will strike during the World Cup," Klaus-Dieter Hommel, the head of one of two unions representing German railway workers, was quoted as saying in the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper on Wednesday.

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