On Thursday, railway workers represented by the GDL union went on strike until Monday. These 20,000 employees of Deutsche Bahn are demanding 37-hour week and a 5% percent pay increase. This strike is causing ?massive disturbances? for travelers trying to get to the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall.
See "Deutsche Bahn Strike Hits Berlin Wall Commemorations", BBC News Online, November 6, 2014