Nov 15, 2007 A bitter three-day strike by train drivers in Germany has tied up freight traffic, shut down an auto factory and stranded hundreds of thousands of passengers, in what has become the largest work stoppage in the history of the German state railway system. But while the French strike is the result of a familiar power struggle between the labor unions and a new government, the German job action reflects what labor experts regard as a bold gamble by an isolated union. Read More...