Strikes in Germany once again hit public transport

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, quoted From Focus magazine, Germany’s Verdi union has again called for warning strikes in local public transport across the country next week. According to the decisions made, the main day of the strike should be March 1. The multi-day strike began on Monday in Schleswig-Holstein and Berlin. strike from Baden-Württemberg. The union announced on Monday that the one-day warning strikes on Thursday and Friday will affect local public transport companies in Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Heilbronn, Freiburg, Baden-Baden, Slingen and Konstanz.

Public transport passengers in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia should also prepare for restrictions this week. All-day warning strikes will be held in Thuringia on Wednesday and Thursday, as Verdi’s union announced in Leipzig on Monday. In Saxony-Anhalt, all-day warning strikes have been announced for Thursday and Friday. In Saxony, warning strikes are planned for Friday, the main day of a nationwide strike that Verdi is organizing with the climate group Fridays for Future.

Verdi’s union Parallel is negotiating new collective agreements for public transit workers with local employers’ associations in all three states. Requirements vary from state to state.

In Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, negotiations are currently underway for higher wages and salaries as well as better working conditions. Verdi’s union criticized that in Saxony-Anhalt there is a wage gap of around €500, and in Thuringia the gap is still more than €200 after the employer’s latest offer. Previous proposals from employers to the extent of five percent in three years are completely inadequate. Accordingly, the next round of negotiations should be held in Thuringia on March 13 and in Saxony-Anhalt on March 20. On Friday, rallies were recorded and held in several cities. In Leipzig, for example, around 2,500 people registered for Friday afternoon’s demonstration at Richard-Wagner-Platz. The local general began on Monday morning with a stoppage of bus drivers in Schleswig-Holstein. The Verdi Union had called for a strike by the employees of private bus companies. Only urban transport in Kiel, Lübeck, Flensburg and Neumünster is not affected by the strike. Verdi’s spokesperson estimated the cancellation of bus transportation on Monday morning in this region at around 85%. It has planned regionally on different days. The main day of the strike is Friday, March 1. Bavaria is the only federal state not affected. In parallel with the warning strikes, Fridays for the Future are organizing several demonstrations against the climate crisis on March 1.

This year, the wave of strikes and protests in Germany continues.

Not long ago, the employees of the doctors’ offices in Germany, following the call of the relevant union, put a massive strike on the agenda and the large group of strikers in different sectors Germany has joined.

Recently, the ground force employees of the German Lufthansa company have also held large-scale strikes in protest against wages.

Pilots of a subsidiary of Lufthansa in Germany launched a 48-hour strike in Germany after not reaching an agreement with employers on working conditions and wages, which led to the cancellation of a large number of flights.

In this situation, German farmers have organized large-scale protests throughout the country in protest against the government’s policies and have led to disruptions in transportation.

In this way, the wave of strikes in Germany continues and expands.

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