Czech transport workers strike over austerity

Transport workers in the Czech Republic staged a nationwide 24-hour strike on the 16 June 2011, throwing urban transit and railways across the country into chaos in a protest against the government’s austerity measures and planned pension and healthcare reforms.

Hospodářské noviny, 16.6.11: Prague paralysed by transport strike (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/716191-prague-paralysed-transport-strike

Deutsche Welle, 16.6.11: Czechs hold one-day strike to protest austerity measures http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15161570,00.html

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