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Commuters will have to prepare for warning strikes in local public transport across Germany on Tuesday.
The trade union Ver.di called for work stoppages on this day in order to enforce a nationwide collective agreement for around 87,000 employees in local public transport.
So far, employers have been hostile to such a uniform regulation.
Negotiations on the respective collective bargaining agreements in local public transport are currently underway in all 16 federal states.
Although this is part of the public service, the demands of the union have nothing to do with the collective bargaining that is currently ongoing there.
In the case of public transport, there are sectoral collective agreements.
Because, from the point of view of the union, these have diverged in the individual countries over the years, Ver.di now wants to supplement them with a nationwide regulation.
"With our demands, we have made suggestions as to how the pressing issues of relief and the promotion of young talent can be resolved," said the Ver.di deputy federal chairwoman, Christine Behle.
"The fact that employers are not even ready to negotiate mocks the employees and torpedoes any effort to achieve a traffic turnaround."
While the local public transport system is struggling to reach an agreement separately, the union and employer are currently also negotiating in the public sector.
Ver.di is demanding 4.8 percent more money, at least 150 euros, for a term of 12 months for the nationwide 2.3 million collective bargaining employees of the federal government and municipalities.
Last weekend, the second round of negotiations had no result.
The third round of negotiations is scheduled for October 22nd and 23rd.
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