The GDL union has called off its strike at the German railway tomorrow. The labor court in Nuremberg ruled that GDL, Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivführer, can't strike until the end of September because industrial action during the peak summer holiday season would do major damage to the economy. GDL had planned a 4-hour strike by freight train drivers on Thursday to back its demand for a 31-percent pay hike and for Deutsche Bahn's 30 000 train drivers and ticket collectors to be given a separate wage contract from other rail employees. However, strikes will go ahead at local train networks in Hamburg and Berlin.

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