2023-04-19 22:02:56
Status: 04/20/2023 00:01
Travelers have to be prepared for massive disruptions once more. The railway and transport union (EVG) has announced a nationwide strike of several hours for Friday. Hamburg Airport is also on strike today and tomorrow.
The railway employees are called upon to stop work on Friday between 3 a.m. and 11 a.m., as the EVG union announced on Wednesday morning. The railway then announced that it would completely stop long-distance traffic on the day of the strike by 1 p.m. After that, rail traffic is to be gradually resumed, but the consequences of the strike might last into the early evening. DB regional traffic is largely canceled in the morning.
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Hamburg S-Bahn: “Massive restrictions”
The Hamburg S-Bahn also expects “massive restrictions”. The fair in Hanover ends on Friday evening. The rail strike might also affect the travel plans of exhibitors and visitors there.
To justify the warning strike, the EVG criticized employers’ “refusal attitude” in collective bargaining and a lack of appreciation. “We are sending a clear signal that we don’t want to hit the passengers, but the companies, by calling for a temporary warning strike in the early hours this time,” said EVG board member Cosima Ingenschay.
MV: No ODEG trains in the morning
Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH (ODEG), which operates in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, announced a complete cancellation of trains on all 15 lines. “Even if the ODEG is not directly on strike, our rail traffic comes to a complete standstill. The background is that the Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn uses the infrastructure of DB Netz AG, which is then not served because, for example, the DB dispatchers are also on strike,” shared the company with. Odeg warned that there might be restrictions in operations from midnight on Friday, which might last until the end of the day.
Bahn: EVG relies only on riots – strike hotline from Wednesday
Deutsche Bahn condemned the announced strike as “completely useless and unnecessary”. Friday is the busiest day of the week, and the warning strike is hitting many commuters “particularly hard,” explained DB HR Director Martin Seiler. The EVG have “completely lost measure and middle” and rely “only on riots”. The railway is expecting significant restrictions. “Everyone who can reschedule should do so,” said Sailer. Deutsche Bahn will “provide as much goodwill as possible” for travelers. A free one strike hotline under 08000-996633 is set up.
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Railway union demands at least 650 euros more wages
The EVG demands at least 650 euros more wages per month for a period of one year or twelve percent more for the upper income earners. The union is currently negotiating in the second round with around 50 railway companies.
Nationwide warning strike already at the end of March
The EVG had already organized a first warning strike at the end of March together with the trade union ver.di. At that time, not only regional and long-distance rail transport but also air and water transport came to a standstill.
The railway’s offer is insufficient – EVG wants to increase the pressure
In the meantime, there is an arbitration award in the public service, which Deutsche Bahn also wants to use as a guide. Wage increases totaling more than ten percent were suggested. The arbitrators proposed a tax-free inflation adjustment payment of 3,000 euros to be paid in several installments until February 2024, with an initial payment in June 2023.
The EVG had rejected this at the weekend as insufficient. In the short term, more pressure must now be exerted on employers “who still think they can ignore the demands of the employees”.
There is also a strike at Hamburg Airport
The union ver.di also announced new work stoppages for Thursday and Friday. At the airports Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Cologne/Bonn, employees in the aviation security area, in passenger control, personnel and goods control and in the service areas have been called to a two-day warning strike.
In Hamburg alone, 80,000 passengers are affected. All departures today and Friday have been cancelled. Arrivals should be possible in principle, but there are more and more cancellations here too. 30 landings have already been canceled for today, some for Friday, the airport said. The The last strike by the control staff regarding a month ago had lasted 24 hours. According to initial information, operations at Hanover Airport and Münster/Osnabrück Airport (FMO) will continue.
According to its own statements, the EVG did not coordinate with ver.di before the renewed warning strike. “We didn’t do that, there’s no voting this time,” said EVG collective bargaining board member Kristian Loroch. It was a coincidence that there was another strike in air and rail traffic at the same time on Friday.
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