On Friday (March 3rd) many buses and trains nationwide will be at a standstill.
Strikes in local public transport mean stress, especially for employees.
They can do that.
Frankfurt – Those who travel by bus and train need strong nerves these days.
After warning strikes on Monday (February 27) had largely paralyzed the local public transport network in North Rhine-Westphalia, strikes are now to come nationwide.
At the beginning of the week, the Verdi union announced warning strikes
to the
German Press Agency (dpa) for next Friday (March 3).
There should be severe restrictions or failures in several federal states and individual cities.
What you need to know and what rights travelers have.
FR.de reports about it.
Strike in public transport: restrictions on buses and trains, in some places they do not run at all
As the
dpa
writes, local public transport employees could largely stop working on Friday with the start of the timetable until the end.
In Frankfurt, it must therefore be expected that all underground and tram lines will be affected on the Friday of the strike.
In Wiesbaden, the buses from the ESWE transport company are probably at a standstill.
However, Verdi
warns that there may also be restrictions on journeys that go beyond these two cities
.
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What to do if the train doesn't come?
The warning strikes in local public transport pose problems for many employees, students and schoolchildren.
© Christoph Soeder/dpa
Users of public transport in Kassel must also have strong nerves.
As the transport company
KVG
reports on its website, buses and trains on lines 1 to 29 are not expected to run here all day.
There could also be failures on bus lines in the surrounding area.
Travelers can check online whether the respective route is affected, informs the KVG.
Buses and trains rest: Public transport is on strike here
In addition to Hesse and NRW, public transport employees will probably also be absent in Baden-Württemberg, Saxony, Lower Saxony, Bavaria and Rhineland-Palatinate.
Actions are also planned in individual large cities such as Munich.
In the Bavarian state capital, travelers would have to be prepared for failures as early as Thursday (March 2nd).
Local public transport is on strike here:
North Rhine-Westphalia
Hesse
(Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, Kassel)
Baden-Württemberg
(Stuttgart, Freiburg, Mannheim, Heilbronn)
Rhineland-Palatinate
(Mainz, Ludwigshafen, Kaiserslautern, Trier)
Saxony
(Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz, Zwickau)
Lower Saxony
(Salzgitter, Wolfenbüttel, Helmstedt and Bad Harzburg)
Bavaria
(Munich, Nuremberg, Regensburg, Ingolstadt, Augsburg)
What rights and obligations do travelers have in the event of a public transport strike?
Warning strikes in local public transport pose considerable problems, especially for employees and students.
What options do they have to get to work, university or school on time, despite delays and cancellations?
And what are their rights?
Since the warning strikes are usually announced in advance, the responsibility lies with the travelers, the Verdi advice center informs on its website.
Those affected would have to obtain information from the respective transport companies and try to find alternatives in advance.
Unlike long-distance travel, travelers would not be entitled to a refund.
The mobility guarantee no longer applies.
Parents of underage school-age children are responsible for ensuring that they attend school.
In disputes, for example, the local transport arbitration board can help.
If the bus and train don't come: These alternatives are available during strikes in public transport
As nerve-wracking as strikes in public transport are, they are difficult to avoid.
If you can't switch to a car, you have to be inventive.
The
consumer advice center NRW
advises employees to exchange information with their superiors at an early stage.
Where possible, home office and mobile working are recommended.
If you have to work on site, you could – if available – switch to a car or bicycle, but you should be patient and have more time for the journey.
Public e-scooters and kick scooters could also be used as a makeshift, advises the
WDR
.
If several employees come from the same direction, carpooling could be arranged.
On various online platforms and in apps such as BlaBlaCar, users offer ride-sharing opportunities.
Anyone who can can work overtime on strike days or take vacation days;
and save yourself stress.
That is why there is a strike: Verdi is demanding 10.5 percent more wages for public sector employees
The reason for the strikes in local transport are ongoing collective bargaining for employees in the public sector.
For the approximately 2.5 million federal and local employees, Verdi is demanding 10.5 percent more income, but at least 500 euros more per month.
Recently, there have been an increasing number of strikes in daycare centers, city administrations and street cleaning services.
And the test of patience for those affected will probably continue for the time being: there was still no agreement in the second round of negotiations last week.
The unions had rejected an offer from the employers as insufficient.
The third and probably decisive round of negotiations is scheduled for the end of March.
(rku)
List of rubrics: © Christoph Soeder/dpa
