Group set up with aim of averting Prague transport strike…

The mayor of Prague, Pavel Bém, has established a crisis committee aimed at averting a strike by workers at the city’s transport authority. At its first meeting on Saturday, the group set as its targets preventing industrial action and dealing with the company’s poor financial situation. Mr Bém described a planned strike by transport workers as irresponsible, saying they would hold Prague to ransom. For their part, they say mooted pay cuts of seven percent are unacceptable. According to unofficial information the strike could take place next Tuesday.