Deutsche Bahn is trying to legally stop the 50-hour warning strike on the rails. The group announced on Saturday morning that it had submitted a corresponding urgent application to the labor court in Frankfurt am Main. “This step is now necessary in the interests of customers,” said Deutsche Bahn. The court upheld the urgent application. The hearing begins at 12 p.m.
The railway and transport union (EVG) wants to paralyze rail traffic again from Sunday evening at 10 p.m. until Tuesday evening at midnight with the third warning strike on the railways in the current year. Shortly after the announcement, Deutsche Bahn decided that it would completely stop long-distance traffic for the period of the walkout. In regional and freight traffic, there will probably be hardly any trains in the same period.
The EVG and 50 railway companies have been arguing about new collective agreements since the end of February, and negotiations are stalling. Deutsche Bahn described the warning strike announced on Saturday morning as “disproportionate”, it harms customers and uninvolved third parties. Since the EVG has also called on employees in signal boxes to walk out, it is likely that railway companies will also be hit that are currently not negotiating with the EVG.