Prague transit workers threaten strike

Prague city transport may come to a halt sometime next week as trade unions of the metropolitan transit company prepare to strike in protest of planned lay-offs. While the unions have not given a date for the strike, saying only they are prepared to begin at any moment, unofficial information from employees and union members indicates Tuesday, November 10. The planned strike is directed at the Prague municipal government, which the union holds responsible for the company’s poor financial situation. The city is the 100% shareholder in the Prague transportation company, DPP, which lacks sufficient investment funds and is some two billion crowns short of its needed operational expenses at present.