Public sector employees take part rally during a strike in Frankfurt March 6, 2008. Workers went on strike at German kindergartens and hospitals and on public transport on Thursday, pressing public-sector wage demands ahead of crucial talks later in the day. Verdi, the service sector trade union, has called for an eight percent wage rise for some two million federal and local government staff and rejected an employers' offer of a total of five percent spread out over two years.
Commuters wait for a train at Ostkreuz station during a strike by the Municipal Transport Service company BVG in Berlin March 10, 2008. A wage conflict at Berlin's local transport operator BVG has paralysed bus, tram and underground services in the capital since last Wednesday.
Commuters enter and leave a train at Ostkreuz train station during a warning strike by the Municipal Transport Service company BVG in Berlin March 7, 2008. A dispute in Berlin crippled trams, buses and underground trains for a third day running.
Commuters enter and leave a train at Ostkreuz train station during a warning strike of the Municipal Transport Service company BVG in Berlin March 7, 2008. A dispute in Berlin crippled trams, buses and underground trains for a third day running.
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