German public-service workers have escalated their so-called warning strikes over pay ahead of fresh talks next week.<br /><br />Short-term walkouts which started in smaller cities on Monday have now spread to the capital Berlin and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state. <br /><br />Bus services were halted, rubbish collections halted and nursery schools closed. <br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/
