Germany: GDL breaks negotiations with the Deutsche Bahn and starts a new strike

The train drivers' union GDL unexpectedly broke the negotiations started on December 4 with the DB, which had enabled to stop strike movements in Germany. The union announced that train drivers will launch an unlimited strike starting on January 7, 2008. (Ref. 071041)
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After the compromise both parties made at the beginning of December and of a two-month negotiation period, German people really hoped that the longest conflict in the history of the German railroad was definitely over. On Wednesday, December 19 however, they learned that the GDL left the negotiations’ table and decided to restart the strike movement, after the holidays, certainly, but unlimited this time. The next afternoon, the GDL announced that the strike would start on January 7 and would c

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