Strike in the public transport sector of the most populous state of Germany

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Focus” magazine, the strikes again cover some German states. Major restrictions on local public transport in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia continue due to another two-day warning strike by the Verdi union on Wednesday. At the beginning of Tuesday, trams and subways in the region remained in storage due to the work stoppage of about 30 urban transport companies.

Frank-Michael Moncler from the region Verdi Cologne-Benn-Lercosen told the German news agency this morning that the warning strike continued as planned on Wednesday. According to this union representative, participation in the strike is still high. Moncler said there had been no movement on public transport since the strike began. Lars Gröning, Verdi’s representative at Dortmunder Stadtwerke DSW21, made similar comments. He said: Participation is very high. Many are willing to fight for what they want.

Peter Boediker, a local transport expert in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, told the German news agency that the union expects around 3,500 participants. From the strike zones take part in a rally in Dortmund on Wednesday morning (11am) at Friedensplatz. The two-day warning strike ends on Wednesday evening or Thursday night with the end of the corresponding shift.

The reason for this two-day warning strike in North Rhine-Westphalia is collective bargaining over Working conditions are about 30,000 employees in urban transport companies across the country. Two rounds of negotiations with the employers were unsuccessful. Among other things, Verdi’s union is calling for extra vacation days to ease the workload of employees and make careers more attractive. There is a severe labor shortage. Buses and trains were canceled every day in all tariff areas because there were not enough staff. He said that there was limited financial scope and that salaries were significantly increased from March 1, as agreed long ago. The association said that due to the shortage of drivers, more holidays means that the remaining drivers will be under more pressure. The association was optimistic that it would be able to agree on a “comprehensive package” in the third round of talks. The negotiations in this regard are supposed to continue on the 11th and 12th of March.

The union of GDL train drivers will start a 35-hour strike across the country on Thursday from 2 am. on Deutsche Bahn passenger services, which are expected to continue until 1pm on Friday. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia warned of falling public support due to ongoing strikes in local transport, trains and airports. He said on Tuesday that every union leader should think carefully about when he reaches a point where he loses broad public support.

The strike In Germany’s most populous federal state, it has affected millions of commuters who have to find an alternative way to get to work or school. Lufthansa, passengers will be impressed again. The union announced on Monday that it has asked ground workers to go on strike on Thursday and Friday this week. This strike is supposed to start at 4 am on Thursday in the passenger areas and end at 7:10 am on Saturday. Different times apply to transport and technology, and in some areas start as early as Wednesday evening.

Michael Nigmann, Human Resources Director, Lufthansa, Verdi accuses him of deliberately seeking to escalate the tension. He said: Strikes are much more than negotiations. With an uncompromising stance, the union is harming the company, hundreds of thousands of customers and employees.

Recently, the wave of strikes and protests in different parts of Germany has caused many disturbances in This country has created such that some experts have called this year the year of strikes in this country. These strikes are in various sectors of public transportation, medicine. , employees of airline companies and other sectors are held frequently.

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