Status: 12.09.2021 8:49 a.m.
After three standouts by the GDL, the railway tries to bring the train drivers’ union back to the negotiating table and makes a new offer. The GDL wants to inform about further steps “in due course”.
The train drivers’ union GDL wants to examine the new offer of the Deutsche Bahn according to its own information first. The GDL explained in a message that it has been received, will evaluate it and inform you about further steps “in due course”. The union did not provide any further details.
According to its own admission, Deutsche Bahn had submitted an offer which, among other things, contained a new “fee component”. Nothing was known about their amount or the modalities. According to its own account, the railway also accommodates the GDL in the dispute over old-age provision. She therefore agreed to receive unrestricted entitlements from the previous pension system by the end of 2020.
Bahn wants to examine the scope of the tariff regulations
A sticking point in the negotiations is the question of who the new collective agreement should apply to. The GDL not only wants to represent engine drivers and train attendants, but also to conclude framework collective agreements for employees in the workshops and in the infrastructure as well as for trainees. The railway now agreed to review the scope of the GDL tariff regulations.
The personnel director of the railway, Martin Seiler, called on the union to return to the collective bargaining and to come to a result quickly. The GDL had threatened to prepare for the next strike from Monday, should the railway not submit a “negotiable offer” by then. Despite months of wage disputes, you and the group were unable to agree on a deal.
The union is demanding 3.2 percent more wages for a term of 28 months and a corona bonus of 600 euros. The railway wants to extend the tariff increase over a longer period of time and is offering a term of 36 months. In addition, she is ready to pay a corona premium.