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Development of the city of Oberlin-owned Green Acres property on the intersection of Oberlin Road and East Lorain Street has been a big topic of conversation since the city purchased the land more than a decade ago. At the March 18 city council work session, that conversation heated up as the city presented a proposal […]
Many of Germany's train drivers staged a 24-hour strike on Tuesday in the latest installment of a long-running and bitter dispute over working hours with the country's main railway operator, while a walkout by cabin crew at Lufthansa added to disruptions for travelers. The GDL union called on drivers of state-owned Deutsche Bahn's passenger trains to walk out starting at 2 a.m. It called the strike only on Sunday evening, making good on an announcement last week that it would no longer give 48 hours' notice. The main sticking point in the dispute is GDL’s demand fo...
A German appeals court will consider railway Deutsche Bahn's effort to block an ongoing strike by train drivers in a hearing at midday on Tuesday. A lower court in Frankfurt earlier rejected the state-owned railway's lawsuit to halt the ongoing strike, which has halted a majority of passenger and freight rail traffic across the country. The Hessian State Labour Court announced it would hastily consider Deutsche Bahn's appeal of that ruling in a hearing set to begin at noon. Deutsche Bahn is lock
Train drivers in Germany are free to continue their nationwide strike after an appeals court on Tuesday struck down an attempt by railway operator Deutsche Bahn to halt the industrial action. The tactics used by the GDL union, which had called the strikes less than 24 hours in advance, were permissible, said presiding judge Michael Horcher. He suggested going to formal arbitration. There is no right of appeal against Tuesday's decision. Around 80% of long-distance trains were cancelled on Tuesda
The German rail operator Deutsche Bahn said it would appeal a Monday decision by the Frankfurt Labour court allowing a planned train drivers' strike to go ahead. "The strike notice is far too short notice. There are also unlawful demands," said Florian Weh, managing director of the railway employers' association AGV Move, on Monday evening. Deutsche Bahn's appeal will now be heard in the labour court in the state of Hesse on Tuesday. The appeal came quickly after the Frankfurt court ruled that t