The beginning of the longest strike of the German Locomotive Union

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency and quoted According to “De Sight”, the longest strike to date by the German train drivers’ union began last night.

This is the longest strike in the history of Deutsche Bahn. This time the GDL train drivers union wants to strike for 6 days. Passenger transport has been on strike since Wednesday morning. Bar traffic has largely stopped since Tuesday evening. Because not only the employees of Deutsche Bahn, but also DB Cargo are on strike.

Achim Staas, a spokesman for Deutsche Bahn, said that the GDL strike is also a strike against the German economy. Stas also said: This affects the supply chain and disrupts it. Various industrial companies also complained about the significant restrictions caused by the strike.

In this way, after freight transportation, the German train drivers’ union GDL called off their strike. They also extended to passenger transport in Germany.

Swiss railway company SBB advises citizens to postpone trips to or through Germany.

The German Locomotive Union (GDL) wants to stop a large part of rail transport for about six days. This is the union’s fourth and longest strike to date. The industrial action is expected to last until Monday evening, marking the first time in the ongoing collective bargaining dispute that it has covered an entire weekend.

In addition Financial Claims The collective bargaining dispute revolves primarily around the issue of reduced weekly hours for shift workers. GDL wants to reduce this from 38 hours to 35 hours and keep the salaries the same. Transport between road, regional and cargo. Deutsche Bahn has announced an emergency timetable. “For these journeys, DB will use longer trains with more seats in order to reach as many people as possible,” the statement said.

SBB announced on Monday. Kurd is developing an alternative concept for the Swiss section of the route. The aim is to ensure that domestic transport is not affected where possible.

Lufthansa Airlines has increased demand on routes due to the strike. German domestic registers. Lufthansa’s parent company in Frankfurt said there were “some extra bookings” for the strike period. Lufthansa sometimes uses larger aircraft to offer travel options to as many customers as possible. The Eurowings subsidiary has also announced a sharp increase in demand on domestic routes in Germany. In this situation, the price of rental cars has also increased greatly.

The German industry is also expecting huge problems for cargo transportation companies as a result of the train drivers’ strike. . There is a risk of severe restrictions, including production shutdowns, cutbacks and shutdowns in the industry, Tanya Gunner, director general of the German Federal Association of Industry, told the German Press Agency in Berlin. In a six-day strike, total damage of up to one billion euros is not unrealistic.

Gunner said: In addition to operational and economic damage, “significant damage to the image” of the way Rail transport will be included. According to him, doubts about the reliability of the railway infrastructure, which has recently decreased, are still increasing and the attractiveness of this system for logistics decision makers is increasingly decreasing.

Gunner described rail transportation as the backbone of many key industries such as chemical, steel, automotive, paper and wood industries. The strike will particularly affect the connectivity and supply of manufacturing sites in the region, rail-based transport processes, such as the transportation of sensitive goods, as well as the delivery of raw materials and exports.

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