Often nothing went ahead in Munich on Tuesday.
The Verdi union called for a public transport strike.
Distance rules were out of the question.
On Tuesday (September 29) there was a strike on buses, underground and trams in Munich.
There was also a signal disruption on the S-Bahn.
Many commuters got stuck in traffic on their way to work.
Munich
- strike alarm in corona times!
The walkout at the
MVG
has
Munich
fully caught.
Not only because a number of
Munich residents
were late for work or school.
Since all
subways were
completely out of order by 6 p.m.,
passengers
crowded
the few
trams
and
buses
that were running.
Corona * distance was out of the question!
MVG strike in Munich: only a few tram lines were running - buses every 20 minutes
According to
Verdi, a
total of around 800
MVG
employees
responded to
the call.
According to trade union secretary Franz Schütz, around
80 percent of
all
Munich drivers took
part in the
strike
.
Therefore, only
tram line 19
from 6 a.m. and lines 16, 17 and 27 from 7.30 a.m. could be served.
Just like the
buses
, they only ran every 20 minutes.
The result: many
lines
were so overcrowded that the doors could hardly be opened.
Bicycle traffic jam at Sendlinger Tor.
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"This
strike
is out of place," complains
MVG spokesman Matthias Korte
.
It is extraordinary that
Munich is
on strike at such an early stage and so massively.
“We had
asked
Verdi
in advance
to resolve
the
tariff conflict
at the negotiating table.” In Corona * times, the
tariff conflict
was carried out twice on the passengers' backs.
You can find everything about the MVG strike in Munich in our news ticker.
MVG strike in Munich: To make matters worse, there was a signal interference on the S-Bahn
In the
S-Bahn
the effects were not quite as serious.
"The trains were only occasionally full," said a spokeswoman for the railway.
Annoying: it was just another To make matters worse between 7 and 8:30 AM
signal disturbance
at the
Ostbahnhof
.
Individual trains had to be diverted and there were delays.
Sure -
the
strike also
made itself
felt
on
Munich's
already busy
streets
: By 9 am, TomTom Traffic, a specialist in navigation systems, reported the number of reported
traffic jams
as 294. The
total length: 234 kilometers
.
The
traffic jam level
was 30 percent above the comparison value from 2019.
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The S-Bahn was full on Tuesday.
© Markus Götzfried
The
union
defends the
warning strike
: "The
collective bargaining is
running now, we cannot be active in a year," said Franz Schütz from
Verdi
.
The union secretary, who is responsible for the transport industry, wants to
achieve
an end to the years of
saving
in
local transport
.
The
union is
calling for a nationwide
collective agreement
for around 87,000 employees in local public transport.
Verdi
and the
Beamtenbund DBB are
demanding
4.8 percent more money, at least 150 euros,
for the nationwide 2.3 million collective
bargaining employees
from the federal and local governments.
MVG strike in Munich: For the time being, the only work stoppage in public transport this week
This week, it should not expected to
strike
in
public
transport
pass.
At the five municipal
hospitals of
the
Munich Clinic,
however, the employees will be resigning from work on Wednesday (September 30) - parallel to the
conference of health
ministers.
(Bautz / Köstler)
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Many Munich residents and commuters were stuck in traffic on Tuesday due to the MVG strike.
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