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Travelers will need to be prepared for warning strikes on local public transport across Germany on Tuesday. The Verdi union has called for work stoppages that day. With this they want to enforce a national collective agreement for around 87,000 employees in local public transport, the union announced on Friday. Consequently, employers have so far been hostile to such uniform regulation.
Negotiations are currently taking place on the respective collective agreements in local public transport in the 16 federal states. While this pertains to the public service, the union’s demands have nothing to do with the collective bargaining that is also taking place there. In the case of public transport, there are sectoral collective agreements. Because, from a union point of view, these have diverged in individual countries over the years, Verdi now wants to supplement them with regulation at the national level. “With our demands, we have made suggestions on how the urgent problems of youth talent relief and promotion can be solved,” said Verdi Federal Vice President Christine Behle. “The fact that employers are not even willing to negotiate mocks employees and thwarts any effort to reverse traffic.”
While the local public transport system is trying to reach a separate agreement, the union and the employer are also negotiating in the public sector. Verdi demands 4.8 percent more money for the 2.3 million employees of the federal government and municipalities nationwide, but at least 150 euros for a period of 12 months. Last weekend, the second round of negotiations was unsuccessful. The third round of negotiations is scheduled for October 22 and 23.
