The Russian attack on Ukraine triggered the strongest wave of inflation in Germany in decades. One result of this price shock is that workers are striking more violently than in the otherwise generally peaceful collective bargaining rounds. Around 13 percent inflation this year and last year is burning such holes in the wallet that employees are rightly putting pressure on strong wage increases. However, you have to look closely at the labor disputes: what the train drivers are currently doing cannot be justified by inflation – it is simply exaggerated.
GDL: What the train drivers are doing is just exaggerated – economics
