Berlin Further warning strikes are planned for Deutsche Bahn and other railway companies in the next few days. This was announced on Tuesday from union circles in Berlin. An exact time was not initially mentioned. The Reuters news agency reports, with reference to trade union circles, that a strike is to take place this Friday.
The railway and transport union (EVG) wants to announce this Wednesday how it will proceed in the wage dispute with Deutsche Bahn and around 50 other companies. The EVG has announced a press conference for Wednesday morning. In the short term, more pressure must be exerted on those employers “who still think they can ignore the demands of the employees,” said the invitation to the press conference.
The EVG demands at least 650 euros more per month for a term of one year or twelve percent more for the upper income groups. The union is currently negotiating in the second round with around 50 railway companies.
On Wednesday the union meets with the company Transdev. The next meeting with Deutsche Bahn is scheduled for next week. At the group, the collective bargaining affects a good 180,000 of the approximately 230,000 employees.
Deutsche Bahn was recently open to accepting the arbitration proposal in the negotiations for the public sector as a basis for its own talks. This initially provides for tax and duty-free special payments of 3000 euros in several stages.
From March 2024 there will then be a base amount of 200 euros and then a wage increase of 5.5 percent. If no increase of 340 euros is achieved, the relevant increase amount should be set to this sum.
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