Strikes at the railways, strikes at the airports: the Union and the FDP want to limit labor disputes and believe the population is on their side. But is that true? New data suggests otherwise.
Despite the many labor disputes in recent months, for example at Deutsche Bahn, in local public transport and at airports, a majority of the population is against tightening the right to strike. This emerges from a representative survey by the Civey Institute South German newspaper is present. 36 percent of the 5,000 respondents are in favor of restrictions, 54 percent are against it, 10 percent are undecided. The data was collected between December and mid-March; The recent waves of strikes lasting several days at Deutsche Bahn, for example, have influenced the opinion.