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Essen.
Verdi’s union continues the warning strike in North Rhine-Westphalia. Buses and trains will stop again in many places on Thursday, October 8.
NRW Faces New Warning Strikes: The Verdi union has announced that it will strike local public transport companies in NRW on Thursday (October 8). Buses and trains could stop again in many places. The S-Bahn and regional traffic will not be affected.
Even after last Tuesday’s warning strike, employers are still not ready to negotiate a national collective agreement, Verdi justified the new strike call on Monday. Last Tuesday, Verdi members went on strike at public transport companies.
Buses and trains remain in depots in many places on Thursday
In many cities on the Rhine and Ruhr, buses and trains remained in the depot. The same is Thursday. In Düsseldorf The Rheinbahn announced Monday that the October 8 warning strike will mean that all subway and tram lines and all buses will remain in depots for the entire day. There will be no “traffic” throughout the day from the start of operations to the end of operations. This applies to the entire Rheinbahn network in Düsseldorf, im Mettmann District, the city Meerbusch and for connections after Duisburg, Krefeld, Neuss Y Ratingen. It’s bad for public transport users too: “Due to the corona pandemic, we will not set special hours for individual lines,” the Rheinbahn said.
Also in Herne, Bochum Y Witten The Bogestra company announced that buses and trains remain in the depot. (Read more here) However, that will be Ennepe Ruhr transport company (SEE) one Replacement schedule offer. (Read more here) In Gelsenkirchen However, local public transport is paralyzed on Thursday. (Read more here) Bus and train users in Duisburg It will also have to look for other means of transport on Thursday, the company announced to DVG: “The DVG customer service center at the main station in Duisburg is also affected by strikes and will therefore be closed on 8 October”. Essen Y Mülheim there are no buses or trains on Thursday, the Ruhrbahn has declared.
Verdi fights for a significant increase in wages and salaries in the public service
With the warning strikes, Verdi wants to increase pressure on employers in ongoing negotiations for public sector employees at the federal and local levels. The union and the dbb civil service are calling for the 2.3 million collective bargaining employees across the country an increase of 4.8 percent over a year. Salaries and salaries should increase at least 150 euros per month, apprentices should receive 100 euros more. Two rounds of talks were unsuccessful. Negotiations should continue on October 22 and 23.
Kindergartens and garbage collection have also been on strike. In Essen for example, a good 33,000 trash cans were left empty (read more here). Bochum Schools remain closed Tuesday due to strike: cleaning staff stop working. Therefore, schools are not possible in the current general conditions of the pandemic, as announced by the city. (Read more here.)
Verdi also fights for a Framework collective agreement for around 87,000 employees in local public transport. So far, the union has not been able to reach an agreement with the employers, the municipal transport companies.
The union is also calling for improvements in overtime and shift work.
The union requires uniform standards at the national level for public transport employees in Germany with regard to overtime compensation, shift allowances and the promotion of young talents. Currently, separate collective agreements are being negotiated with municipal employers’ associations in each of the 16 federal states.
The Association of Municipal Employers’ Associations (VKA) had stated after the first round of warning strikes that it was “not responsible for conducting collective bargaining in local transport.” Tariff regulations could only be concluded in the respective federal states.
Call for a warning strike for all local public transport companies
Verdi emphasized that compared to 2000, the number of employees in public transport had decreased by 18 percent, while the number of passengers had increased by a quarter in the same period. Due to stress, there are above-average levels of illness and the accumulation of overtime. In addition, the tight schedule, high volume of traffic and the increasing number of passengers made breaks disappear. For drivers there are also no allowances for shift work.
All companies included in the local transport collective agreement in North Rhine-Westphalia are called to hold a warning strike, according to the union statement. The workers had shown last Tuesday that they were ready to go on a warning strike in large numbers. (red / with dpa)
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Warning strike in NRW: clinics and municipal administrations affected
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33,000 garbage cans still full: strike warning in Essen
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