GERMANY-TRANSPORT-RAIL-STRIKE

Engine drivers of German railway operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) sit inside the train driver's cab of a goods train at the freight railway station in Hagen, western Germany, on December 7, 2023 shortly before the start of a strike called by the German train drivers union (GDL). German train drivers will stage a fresh strike starting in the evening of December 7, 2023, their union said, the latest salvo in an escalating dispute over working conditions. The GDL union said drivers of freight trains had been called on to strike from 6:00 pm (1700 GMT) Thursday, and drivers of passenger trains from 10:00 pm. The strike will run until 10:00 pm on December 8, 2023. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)