The World - News from March 21, 1986

The Bundestag, West Germany’s lower house of Parliament, passed a controversial law restricting the power of trade unions. The bill, passed roughly along party lines, 265 to 210, will change the traditional system under which all workers affected by strikes, in whatever part of the country, have been automatically eligible for unemployment benefits. In the future, those in the industry affected by the strike will not be entitled to unemployment payments.