A 50-hour strike called to start on Sunday night across the German railway network was averted by an agreement between the unions and the railway operator. german railway A compromise was reached.
The Frankfurt Labor Court has confirmed that the union of railway and transport workers, EVG and Deutsche Bahn have both submitted an agreed settlement.
“In the interest of the railway companies, their customers and the industry, we have done everything possible to avoid this strike and have succeeded,” said Martin Seiler, Deutsche Bahn’s head of human resources. “Of course, both sides are always part of such compromises,” he added.
Deutsche Bahn said regional and long-distance trains would still experience delays as it rescheduled about 50,000 trains that had been suspended despite the cancellation of the strike.
Deutsche Bahn, unions vow to continue talks
The planned industry announced by EVG was expected to have a significant impact on rail traffic next Monday and Tuesday.
Deutsche Bahn had announced that it would suspend all long-distance trains and most regional services during the strike.
Deutsche Bahn, the operating company of Deutsche Bahn, requested an emergency court order to stop the strike on the same day. Rail operators said legal action was needed to stop the strikes “in the interests of their customers”.
Seiler defended the case, saying “an appeal to the labor court was worth it for everyone” after the unions agreed to call off the strike.
Deutsche Bahn said in a statement that as part of the agreement, both sides would return to negotiations in hopes of an early conclusion.
Why did EVG call the strike?
EVG is negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement It has 50 railway companies and 230,000 employees, 180,000 of whom work for Deutsche Bahn, the German railway operator.
EVG said the strike may have affected Deutsche Bahn and other transport companies.
EVG’s wage negotiator Kojima Ingenshai said on Thursday that “member states’ patience is really exhausted.” “We are forced to go on strike for 50 hours to show the seriousness of the situation.”
Conducted by railway workers several rounds of strike Various measures have been taken over the past few months, including actions called for by major union Verdi, as inflation soars and the cost of living rises.
1 in 4 don’t understand strikes
A survey released on Saturday said one in four Germans “doesn’t understand” the issue at all. A rail strike is scheduled for the next 50 hours..
A total of 1,010 people took part in a poll conducted by the polling firm YouGov for the German news agency DPA.
Only 19% claimed to fully understand industrial action.
Twenty-six percent admitted they were “very sympathetic” to the decision to go on strike in the ongoing collective bargaining, while another 26% said they were “relatively unsympathetic” to the action.
Abu, MF/DJ (AFP, DPA, Reuters)
