GDL Union Launches Open-Ended Rail Strike

LUEBBENAU, GERMANY - MAY 20: A man rides a bicycle across the railroad tracks that run through the center of town on May 20, 2015 in Luebbenau, Germany. Germany's labor union of train engineers, the GDL, has launched an open-ended, nationwide strike against German state rail carrier Deutsche Bahn that is shutting down approximately two-thirds of national, regional and commuter passenger and freight rail traffic. This is the ninth strike by GDL, though the first open-ended strike, in an ongoing dispute with Deutsche Bahn not only over pay, but also over which Deutsche Bahn employees the GDL may represent. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)