January 5, 2018

The Netherlands: Public transit strike shuts down many routes around Netherlands yesterday-by Zack Newmark

Public transportation in the Netherlands was seriously disrupted Thursday morning after regional transit workers walked off the job at 4 a.m. in a one-day strike.

The labour action is meant to call attention to what the workers have called unreasonable work pressure, and a pay raise that is capped 40 percent lower than what the bus drivers and train conductors wanted.

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