Unions want to paralyze much of public transport. 380,000 airline passengers affected by the strike.
Travelers across Germany will have to prepare for far-reaching restrictions in Germany next Monday Rail, air and local transport as well as adjust to waterways. Unions want to paralyze much of public transport. The warning strike is organized by the railway and transport union (EVG) and Verdi, both organizations announced on Thursday in Berlin. Verdi is calling on 120,000 transport and infrastructure workers to join union action.
“There will be serious delays across Germany, including transport services in all the aforementioned areas at a standstill,” he said. “This strike day will have a huge effect,” Verdi boss Frank Werneke said on Thursday in Berlin.
Long distance, regional and S-Bahn traffic affected
Affected by the unprecedented warning strike action are long distance, regional and S-Bahn traffic german train and other railway companies. Verdi is also calling for shutdowns at several airports and local public transport in the federal states of Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Württemberg, Saxony, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate and Bavaria. The road company is also on strike, as is the water and transport administration.
In addition to Deutsche Bahn, according to the EVG, railway companies are also on track transdev, AKN, Hanover East Railways, erixxvlexx, eurobahn and the affected state railroads. “The full-day strike generally starts on the night of March 26/27 at 00:00 and ends at 24:00,” the two unions said.
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tariff dispute
According to the unions, the warning strikes at airports affect, on the one hand, negotiations for public sector employees, on the other hand, local negotiations for groundhandling employees and, on the other hand, negotiations throughout Germany for aviation security officials.
The strike notice will affect hundreds of thousands of flight passengers. “Around 380,000 business and private travelers will not be able to take their flights,” the association told the German Press Agency in Berlin on Thursday. The ADV spoke of “strike escalation based on the French model”. An entire country is cut off from international air traffic.
Early March warning strikes in Germany
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Third round of negotiations
With the actions, Verdi increases the pressure for the third round of negotiations with the federal and municipal governments, which begins on Monday. Together with the dbb employee association, the public sector union demands 10.5 percent and at least 500 euros more in salary. Verdi is negotiating for the approximately 2.5 million civil servants in the federal and municipal governments, including those working in local transport and airports. EVG negotiates around 230,000 employees in 50 train and bus companies and insists on 12% more salary, but at least 650 euros more per month.
Employers submitted an offer in the second round of negotiations at the end of February. Among other things, it includes a salary increase of five percent in two stages and one-off payments in the amount of 2,500 euros.
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