GDL Launches One-Week Rail Strike

HANOVER, GERMANY - MAY 05: Passengers are seen through a window of an Intercity Express while waiting for a train to arrive of German state rail carrier Deutsche Bahn on the first day of a week-long, nationwide rail strike by the GDL train drivers' union against Deutsche Bahn on May 5, 2015 in Hanover, Germany. Freight train drivers began their strike May 4 at 2pm, passenger train drivers this morning and are scheduled to strike until Sunday, making it the longest strike in the history of Deutsche Bahn. The GDL is in a long-drawn conflict with Deutsche Bahn over working hours and pay. (Photo by Alexander Koerner/Getty Images)