The railway and transport union (EVG) had announced a 50-hour warning strike. It appears that a last-minute agreement has been reached. The current developments in the news ticker.
- The Deutsche Bahn wanted the warning strike with one urgent request to stop in court. The EVG maintained the strike.
- Now the surprising agreement on a settlement.
- You can read all the developments on the mega strike on the railways in this news ticker.
Update from May 13, 3:55 p.m.: The 50-hour strike on the railways has been averted, reports tagesschau.de. Accordingly, DB and the EVG union have agreed on a settlement that the Frankfurt labor court had submitted. However, a strike in the coming week should not be ruled out.
So far, the EVG had rejected all Deutsche Bahn offers and described them as insufficient. According to the union, it wanted to achieve a statutory minimum wage on which wage increases could be based. She also called for a term of 12 months for the agreement, Deutsche Bahn insisted on 27 months.
The planned strike from Sunday to Tuesday is now canceled after the settlement. Nevertheless, there could be obstacles, the railway must now reorganize the planned emergency operation back to normal operation. It is also unclear what will happen to tickets that have already been exchanged.
Update from May 13, 10:30 a.m.: 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 DB. The urgent application had been received, the court confirmed to the German Press Agency (dpa). The hearing begins at 12 p.m. On Friday, the EVG declared the collective bargaining to have failed and is sticking to the marathon warning strike from 10 p.m. Sunday evening to midnight on Tuesday night.
Update from May 12, 4:27 p.m.: Due to a large-scale warning strike, hardly any trains are expected to run in Hesse on Monday either. A railway spokeswoman in Frankfurt was initially unable to say on Friday which trains and lines will be specifically affected. “In principle, we won’t know until the strike begins. Of course, we also assume massive effects in regional traffic.” It is to be expected that there could be effects on sub-networks from 6 p.m. on Sunday. This is the case, for example, with the Rhein-Main S-Bahn service.
“Serious effects” on the rails are to be expected, said Andreas Güth, branch manager of the EVG in Kassel, on Friday. Long-distance and freight transport will also be massively affected by the strike. According to the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV), most regional and S-Bahn lines will be canceled in its area. One of the exceptions is the regional train (RB) 12 between Königstein and Liederbach. The rail replacement service should also run on the Taunusbahn route as planned. In addition, some RB 15 trains run between Grävenwiesbach and Wehrheim for school traffic.
According to a statement from the North Hessian Transport Association (NVV), regional trains and regional trams are expected to be canceled in northern Hesse from Sunday evening. All train traffic in the NVV area will probably come to a standstill, it said. From Sunday 10:00 p.m. to Tuesday, 12:00 a.m., the regional trains on lines RT1 (Kassel-Hofgeismar-Hümme) and RT4 (Kassel-Wolfhagen) will be canceled. On Wednesday, the trains should run again regularly from the start of operations. According to the announcement, the bus lines of the NVV should run without restrictions, as should the trams and buses of the Kasseler Verkehrs- und Versorgungs GmbH (KVG).
50-hour strike on the railways from Sunday: no compromise between EVG and DB
Update from May 12, 1:22 p.m.: The EVG warning strike planned for Sunday (May 14) will most likely take place. The railway and transport union EVG is sticking to its planned 50-hour warning strike on the rails from Sunday evening. The union announced on Friday. This means that employees are still called upon to stop working from Sunday evening 10 p.m. to Tuesday evening 12 p.m. and thus paralyze rail operations. The DB had already announced on Thursday that in the event of a strike, all long-distance traffic would be stopped for this period, and almost all regional trains are also expected to be canceled.
“We were willing to compromise to suspend the announced warning strike and start negotiations. Instead, DB AG prefers to split up and take the passengers hostage,” said the EVG about its decision. The railway countered that it had “tried everything up to the last minute” to avert the strike.
Major rail strike from May 14: EVG ultimatum expired – 50-hour strike imminent
Update from May 12, 12:05 p.m.: An ultimatum from the EVG railway union for a new tariff offer from Deutsche Bahn expired on Friday afternoon without any recognizable approximation. It is therefore very likely that the announced nationwide warning strike will take place from Sunday evening to Tuesday evening.
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Major rail strike from May 14: EVG issues rail ultimatum to “prevent warning strike”
Update from May 12, 9:40 a.m.: Can the far-reaching rail strike from May 14 still be averted? According to Deutsche Bahn, there were talks with the railway and transport union (EVG) until late Thursday evening. Their chief negotiator, Kristian Loroch, spoke of “bogus offers” on Friday night. However, the union had given the railways an ultimatum to approach them “and to think things over” during the course of Friday, as Loroch der German press agency said. A union spokesman told the Picture: “Deutsche Bahn has until today, 12 noon, to prevent the warning strike”.
Big rail strike from May 14th: EVG with 50-hour strike – rail stops long-distance traffic
Update from May 11, 2:45 p.m.: DB long-distance traffic will be completely suspended for a good two days from Sunday evening 10 p.m. to Tuesday midnight due to the nationwide warning strike announced by the railway and transport union (EVG). Deutsche Bahn announced this on Thursday on its Internet portal. Local transport will also be severely affected throughout the country during this time, it said.
Deutsche Bahn also announced that passengers who want to postpone their planned journey because of the strike can now flexibly use their long-distance and local transport ticket booked up to and including this Thursday up to and including Sunday. A possible train connection no longer exists, seat reservations can be canceled free of charge. However, this goodwill arrangement does not apply to so-called city tickets at the point of departure or destination.
However, an extension of the flexible use of tickets to the period after the strike is not possible due to the already high utilization of the trains due to the holiday on Ascension Day next Thursday, it was also said.
Big train strike of the EVG: This is coming to Germany
Update from May 11, 09:35: The third warning strike will be long: it will last from Sunday, May 14, 10 p.m. to Tuesday, May 16, midnight. Long-distance, regional and freight transport are affected by the strike. The next round of talks is scheduled for May 23. However, an agreement is not in sight, as the union made clear at the press conference.
Update from May 11, 09:27: With the announced nationwide warning strike, the EVG wants to increase the pressure on Deutsche Bahn and 50 other railway operators. “Since little is happening at the negotiating tables, there will be another strike,” said EVG collective bargaining officer Cosima Ingenschay on Thursday. “We are on strike for a total of 50 hours and are thus increasing the pressure significantly because the employers leave us no other choice,” said negotiator Kristian Loroch.
No long-distance, regional and freight traffic for 50 hours in Germany
The EVG is therefore primarily concerned with the condition of achieving a statutory minimum wage as the basis for subsequent wage increases. The EVG also demands at least 650 euros more money for the employees as a social component. An agreement has not been reached for weeks.
May 11 update at 9:15 am: Deutsche Bahn in particular is heavily criticized by the union. All companies that are affected are called on to go on strike across the board. Deutsche Bahn should clarify the “misunderstanding”. It is about the debate about the minimum wage, which should be capped.
Now comes the mega strike: 50-hour warning strike is coming
Update from May 11, 09:05: In a press conference, the EVG announces a 50-hour warning strike. This should last from 10 p.m. Sunday evening to midnight on Tuesday night.
Collective bargaining conflict between EVG and Deutsche Bahn escalates – new strikes announced
First report from May 9th: Berlin – The next train strike is approaching: The railway and transport union (EVG) has announced a new strike in the wage dispute with Deutsche Bahn and other transport companies. There is “little movement” at the negotiating table and against this background “another warning strike is unavoidable”, the union announced on Tuesday.
EVG announces another train strike – date still unclear
However, the date is still unclear. At a press conference on Thursday at 9 a.m., the EVG intends to provide information about the exact time period and the focus of what is now the third warning strike in the current bargaining round.
Although, for example, “a monthly fixed amount is increasingly being offered as a wage increase instead of a percentage”, the EVG explained, a collective agreement is still “a long way off”. The improvements demanded by the EVG would have to be “clearer and faster”. However, employers are not ready for this.
Railway strike: EVG does not want one-off payments
For a period of twelve months, the EVG calls for wage increases of a total of twelve percent, but at least EUR 650 gross per month. In addition, she calls for the immediate statutory minimum wage as the basis on which the demands are based. The union has already rejected two offers from the railways as insufficient. Above all, they provided for longer terms and one-off payments, which the union rejects.
Deutsche Bahn reacted to the union’s demands with incomprehension. The EVG was accommodated in further negotiations by “clearing” the demand for the minimum wage, according to Human Resources Director Martin Seiler. Accordingly, it was offered to introduce the minimum wage retrospectively as of March 1, 2023, across all wage classes. “We have met the EVG again. Announcing strikes as a result is completely exaggerated and completely disproportionate. 10 percent are on the table, the highest offer in DB history.”(lma/AFP)