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No metro, hardly any trams and significantly fewer buses: Due to a major warning strike, public transport in Munich is severely affected this Tuesday. Since early in the morning, all Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG) drivers have been asked not to show up for work. Depending on how many comply, it is decided which bus and tram lines will not be served at all or only to a limited extent. The strike lasts until 6 in the afternoon – and it is already clear: until then, not a single meter will work, as announced by the MVG. The S-Bahn, operated by Deutsche Bahn, is not affected by the strike.
Underground
The fear of the MVG is: if they send individual subways onto the track, many people might be tempted to go to one of the subway stations, hoping to catch a train there. And then there would be a dangerous crowd on the platforms. Therefore, they remain closed until 6 pm
Bus
Those who want to take a bus have the best chance this Tuesday. Here MVG expected in advance to be able to keep about half of the offer; You want to try to get the vehicles through all the lines at least every 20 minutes. Because the private bus companies also pass through Munich on your behalf and their drivers are not called for a warning strike. At around 5:20 a.m., the MVG reported that about half of the vehicles were currently on most metro bus lines (50 to 68).
Trolley car
In the case of trams, on the other hand, the supply will be much smaller: here, “probably only individual vehicles could be deployed,” said the MVG. And on which lines you decide based on how many trains are ready for use. Shortly before five in the morning, according to the MVG, not a single one was driving.
In general, “massive restrictions, bottlenecks and overloads” have to be taken into account in the subway, bus and tram, the MVG warned the Munich company. This time the warning strike is likely to be more violent than comparable work stoppages in the past. Because Munich drivers have so far been paid according to two different collective agreements. The previous arguments referred to a single person, so that only a part of the staff could go on strike at any given time. The rest pushed so that the MVG could always keep a large part of the offer. This time it is different.
The background to the strike
There is a company collective agreement for MVG drivers. Some of the Munich drivers are still employees of Stadtwerke, MVG’s parent company; for them the (generally better) Bavarian collective agreement for local public transport applies. Both contracts expired at the end of June and are currently being renegotiated. Unions, especially Verdi, are demanding more money than employers, including MVG, are willing to pay. Due to the high loss of revenue as a result of the Corona crisis, there is hardly any room for maneuver, MVG argues.
Furthermore, the strike implies a third collective agreement that does not yet exist: the unions are trying to conclude a framework collective agreement at the national level for local transport. With this request that has so far failed, the warning strikes across Germany this Tuesday should be a means of pressure. At MVG, on the other hand, this is seen as disproportionate, as everything Verdi is demanding for a nationwide contract has long been agreed in Bavaria and Munich.
Additional Information
The current operational situation can also be found on the MVG website, in the MVG Fahrinfo app Twitter or on the MVG Facebook page.
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