2023-05-11 16:46:00
50-hour walkout
Another ECG strike: Deutsche Bahn will completely stop long-distance traffic from Sunday
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O-ton Cosima Ingenschay, EVG collective bargaining board: “In this round, we are primarily concerned with higher wages, because that is appropriate in the situation in which employees in the railway industry urgently need to take a step forward. But we see that the negotiations in the vast majority of companies are very tough. In some cases, we still have no negotiable offers. It is well known that we are still wrestling with Deutsche Bahn AG over the issue of the minimum wage. The patience of the employees is real now ended after almost three months. And that’s why we are calling for a third warning strike on our members nationwide from Sunday evening, 10 p.m. to Tuesday night, midnight, in all areas.” – CUT – “There are exceptions. There are companies where we have already been able to make good or significant progress at the negotiating table. We exclude them. Of course, we also exclude the companies where we negotiate. When we negotiate, we don’t go on strike. And Of course, everyone must have the opportunity to continue to make improvements.If it is foreseeable that we will make significant progress in the negotiations, we will of course exclude the company in question, because the strike is always the last resort for us and of course we are there We also attach great importance to proportionality. But the employees are very angry. That is why we assume that participation in this third warning strike will again be very large. That means there will be massive effects.” – CUT – “Of course we don’t want to hit the passengers. We know that we do that. Especially with a 50-hour strike, that’s of course very annoying for the passengers. But we have to go on strike for this length, because then we’ll just have stronger ones have economic effects and can increase the pressure as a result. Traffic jams will arise in the area of freight transport, which will then actually lead to economic pressure, which we obviously need to get things moving in the negotiations.”
Deutsche Bahn is reacting to the strike announcement by the railway and transport union (EVG) by completely stopping long-distance transport.
The collective bargaining dispute is entering the next round. The railway and transport union (EVG) wants to bring rail traffic to a standstill in Germany and is calling on its members to go on warning strikes – in long-distance, regional and freight traffic. According to the EVG, the walkout should begin on Sunday evening at 10 p.m. and last until Tuesday evening, midnight. Deutsche Bahn (DB) and 50 other companies are affected.
DB announced that it would completely stop its long-distance transport nationwide during the warning strike, including ICE, Intercity and Eurocity trains. The state-owned group promised “extensive goodwill arrangements” for its passengers. Among other things, tickets booked in advance for the strike period can be used flexibly from now until May 14th.
Effects of the rail strike on train traffic still unclear
How the private railway companies will adapt to the announced walkout was not yet clear on Thursday afternoon. As in the past, the work stoppage is likely to lead to a large number of train cancellations, including in regional traffic.
In the current wage negotiations, it is already the third nationwide strike that the EVG union is calling for. According to Deutsche Bahn, this is the longest warning strike in the company’s history.
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DB HR Director Martin Seiler called the announced warning strike “completely unreasonable and completely exaggerated”. The EVG spoke of “necessary” pressure on the employer side. In addition to DB and its subsidiaries, a number of private railway companies will also be affected by the EVG’s work stoppages.
DB has information for its passengers here compiled.
Editor’s note: This article has been updated several times since it was first published.
Sources: Railway and Transport Union, Deutsche BahnDPA news agency
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