The danger for society is when big players in an industry (as with the banks) play too much and create systemic risk that threatens all aboard.
I know, thanks for the update, but I think the topic here is not macro economics, but a strike in Berlin.
Negotiating contracts, treatment of employees on one side, and a company's ability to hedge fuel on the other, are not really that closely related IMHO. Naturally, any management tries to get the best deal on both, but that's about where the similarities end.
p.s. if there were any similarities on management's competence, then negotiating a contract should be a slam dunk for the unions if you're using the fuel hedge situation as a benchmark!
