Fast-food unions escalate action after wage talks stall

This month in labour history

8-01-1963 The Federal Republic extends paid leave to a minimum of 24 days (30 for construction workers). [more]

13-01-1920 Over 100,000 workers demonstrated outside the Reichstag to protest the Social Democrats weakening the workers' councils. They stormed the building but then police fired into the crowd killing 42 and wounding 105. [more]

15-01-1919 Summary execution for their role in the Berlin uprising of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxembourg, leading theorist of German communism. [more]

20-01-1934 The Nazis abolish collective bargaining and union elections. According to the law "the head of the company decides for the employees and workers in any matter concerning the company [...] The workers owe their loyalty to him". [more]

28-01-1918 Hundreds of thousands of workers went on general strike against war in Berlin, and across the country in the next few days 4 million took to the streets. [more]