The call of the German Locomotive Union for a 6-day strike

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “SRF”, the German Locomotive Union (GDL) has called its members for another strike. The union announced this news last night.

Accordingly, GDL members of all Deutsche Bahn (DB) companies must stop working from Wednesday at 2 am. .

Union members at DB Cargo, which is responsible for freight transport, are set to go on strike early Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. The strike is supposed to continue until next Monday at 18:00.

The statement of the German Locomotive Union says: Deutsche Bahn’s third and apparently improved offer shows that they continue to follow their previous path of refusal and confrontation and there is no trace of willingness to agree.

This means that from Wednesday onwards again Difficult days for passengers and thousands of train cancellations are expected.

Rannan Locomotive Union and German Railways have been involved in legal disputes since last November. According to public statements, GDL’s main demand is to reduce the working hours for shift workers from 38 hours to 35 hours with full wage compensation. It will be needed.

GDL announced that negotiations had failed after the second round and called for two warning strikes. Work was halted for three consecutive days in January following a strike vote among members for indefinite strikes, leading to the cancellation of thousands of passenger trains and long delays in freight.

Last Friday, the railroad made a new offer to the union. Among other things, the company offered the union another optional model for working hours. They can work one hour less with full pay from January 1, 2026. Anyone who opposes the cut will receive 2.7 percent more money.

Apparently the offer was not enough for GDL to start new talks with Deutsche Bahn. Now there will be another strike soon.

Deutsche Bahn (DB) has strongly criticized the announcement of another strike by the train drivers’ union GDL. DB is relying on compromise while GDL is exaggerating the dispute, a Deutsche Bahn spokesman explained on Monday morning. Deutsche Bahn announced: Anyone who does not come to the negotiating table with the same salary even with the new offer of up to 13% and the possibility of 37 hours a week, is acting completely irresponsibly.

Swiss newspaper Tagus Anseiger wrote about the winter of anger in Germany and the continuation of protests in an article referring to the strikes and mass protests in Germany by various unions and groups.

It says: Farmers, train drivers and opponents of the far-right Alternative for Germany party are all unhappy – and they’re expressing it in the ongoing protests. What does the future hold for Germany in 2024?

This article continues: The year 2024 has begun in troubled Germany. Numerous and very diverse protests indicate a sensitive and difficult year. They want to ban this party.

German farmers continue to protest against the government’s austerity plans, and in this heated atmosphere, Sahra Wagenknecht, the former leader of the left parliamentary group in the Bundestag, founded a new left nationalist party. He is also trying to profit from the prevailing discontent.

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