Originally Posted by
dj_jay_smith
Local services vary more, for example in Hessen approx. 2/3 are running, but in eastern states (when union membership is higher) this is very low.
Something I did not fully appreciate until now...: West German railway staff above a certain age are civil servants. Civil servants are not allowed to strike.
East German staff, and younger staff, are not civil servants. They are the ones who are on strike.