The Socialist 15 November 2007

World economy: bosses' crisis, workers pay

800 attend rally to discuss 'Which way forward for the left in Britain?'

World economy: Bosses' crisis, workers pay

Editorial: Shattering confidence in world economy

Pakistan martial law

German train drivers strike

Release Nigerian students now!

Royal Mail's deal: Not good enough - Vote NO!

Campaigners say: No Post Office closures!

Green activists seek solutions

Aiming to be rich

Review: Handsworth Revolution - Steel Pulse (1978)

Anger on the building sites

Save every Remploy job!

Birmingham council workers fight pay cuts

Cadbury's closure: Workers vote for action

Trade union news in brief

NHS: Step up the struggle against privatisation

Manchester health workers

Tales from the council chamber

Why you should read, write for and sell the socialist

USA: Enthusiastic response to socialist policies

Egypt's workers flex their industrial muscle

Belgium: Fighting attacks on education

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German train drivers strike

Taking their fight to a new level German train drivers are this week holding the biggest strike in their history, stopping all freight traffic for two and a half days and all passenger trains for 48 hours.

Last week they staged a 42 hour strike that stopped Deutsche Bahn freight trains. This came after a 2 November court decision that overturned a ban on drivers striking on freight and long distance passenger services.

The train drivers' union, the GDL, said this week that an indefinite strike is now possible.

In Berlin, SAV and the GDL held a meeting where over 100 people discussed how to support the strike actions and protests. The train drivers are fighting for a wage increase and a one hour cut in their working week, after years of cuts in real wages and worsening of working conditions.