As of: 04/18/2023 6:48 p.m
As the Bayerischer Rundfunk learned, the railway and transport union (EVG) is planning a nationwide strike. The union ver.di had previously called for strikes at three German airports for Friday.
Travelers have to be prepared for train cancellations and delays again: Deutsche Bahn and other railway companies are on strike nationwide on Friday. He found out Bavarian radio from negotiating circles in collective bargaining. Accordingly, the strikes should last from the start of operations until 11 a.m. and affect both local and long-distance traffic.
The railway and transport union (EVG) wants to announce on Wednesday how it will proceed in the wage dispute with Deutsche Bahn and around 50 other companies. The EVG has announced a press conference for Wednesday morning. In the short term, more pressure must be exerted on those employers “who still think they can ignore the demands of the employees,” said the invitation to the press conference.
Next week another meeting with Deutsche Bahn
The EVG demands at least 650 euros more per month for a term of one year or twelve percent more for the upper income groups. The union is currently negotiating in the second round with around 50 railway companies. On Wednesday the union meets with the company Transdev.
The next meeting with Deutsche Bahn is scheduled for next week. The company had offered five percent more and one-off payments of up to 2,500 euros. Collective bargaining affects a good 180,000 of the approximately 230,000 employees there.
Ver.di is again calling for strikes at airports
Passengers at Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Cologne/Bonn airports will also have to be prepared for delays and flight cancellations in the next few days. The union Ver.di has called for renewed strikes from Thursday. Longer waiting times up to flight cancellations or cancellations are to be expected, ver.di in a message known.
The industrial action applies to employees in the aviation security sector who work in passenger control, personnel and goods control and in service areas. The strike usually begins on the night from Wednesday to Thursday and ends on the night from Friday to Saturday.