From Sunday at 22 p.m. sharp, the EDC will go on strike. The railway is suspending long-distance traffic, but local traffic is also affected. There is a strike here.
Kassel/Berlin – Millions of people in Germany have to reschedule because of the announced warning strike in rail transport. According to a Yougov survey, 19 percent of citizens are affected by the planned strike on Monday and Tuesday. Among 18- to 24-year-olds, the figure is as high as 35 percent. The railway and transport union had called on the workers on Thursday for the third warning strike in the current collective bargaining round.
The walkout is scheduled to last from 14:22 p.m. on Sunday evening (May 00) to 16:24 p.m. on Tuesday evening (May 00). The strike affects the whole of Germany, it is the largest rail strike since the company was founded in 1994. According to the ADAC, traffic jams are expected on all motorways – even if the railway is still trying to take legal action against the planned strike at the last minute.
Strike marathon from Sunday: In these cities, public transport is at a standstill
From Sunday evening, May 14, 2023, from 22:00 p.m., it is likely to look like here at Cologne Central Station almost everywhere at German stations: The EVG is on strike and the railway is completely suspending long-distance traffic. But local transport is also affected. © Oliver Berg/dpa/Archivbild
"Of course, we are also assuming massive effects on regional transport," said a railway spokeswoman in Frankfurt on Friday (12 May). It is to be expected that there could be an impact on subnetworks on Sunday as early as 18:00. The railway and transport union (EVG) had called on the workers on Thursday (11 May) for the third warning strike in the current collective bargaining round. The railway decided to completely stop long-distance traffic from Sunday evening to Tuesday night. DB Regio will also hardly run a train. Bus and S-Bahn are also affected. Freight traffic is also likely to come to a standstill.
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This is exactly where the EVG wants to hit the railways, as the deputy chairman of the EVG, Kristian Loroch, confirmed, so that the economic consequences are more noticeable. "From its own conviction, Deutsche Bahn does not seem to want to present a negotiable offer, obviously considerable pressure is needed to do so. That's why we're now setting a new accent," says Loroch.
EDC is negotiating with the following companies:
- Northern Region
- Weser-Ems Busverkehr GmbH (WEB)
- Haller Busbetrieb GmbH (HBB)
- Regionalbus Braunschweig GmbH (RBB)
- Region West
- Nahverkehr Ostwestfalen GmbH (NVO)
- Busverkehr Ostwestfalen GmbH (BVO)
- Westfalen Bus GmbH (WB)
- Busverkehr Rheinland GmbH (BVR)
- Southwest Region
- Omnisbusverkehr Rhein-Nahe GmbH (ORN)
- Busverkehr Rhein-Neckar GmbH (BRN)
- Regional Bus Stuttgart GmbH (RBS)
- Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB)
- Regionalbusverkehr Südwest GmbH (RVS)
- Südbaden Bus GmbH (SBG)
- Rhein-Mosel Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH (RMV)
- South Region
- Regionalbus Ostbayern GmbH (RBO)
- Omnisbusverkehr Franken GmbH (OVF)
- Regionalverkehr Oberbayern GmbH (RVO)
- Regionalverkehr Allgäu GmbH (RVA)
- Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH Untermain (VU)
Since the end of February, EVG has been negotiating new collective agreements with 50 railway companies for 230,000 employees, 180,000 of whom work for Deutsche Bahn. Negotiations with most employers are stalling. With the third warning strike in the current year, the union wants to significantly increase the pressure. In concrete terms, the EDC is counting on effects for the economy, so that pressure is exerted on the negotiators of the railway companies.
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In addition, the EDC is negotiating with these other companies:
- AKN – Eisenbahn GmbH
- Bodensee-Schiffsbetriebe GmbH (BSB)
- Captrain Deutschland CargoWest GmbH (CCW)
- Abellio Mitteldeutschland GmbH
- Die Länderbahn GmbH (DLB)
- Erfurter Bahn GmbH
- eurobahn GmbH & Co KG
- HLB Basis AG
- HLB Hessenbahn GmbH
- erixx GmbH
- HLB Hessenbus
- Norddeutsche Eisenbahn Niebüll GmbH (neg)
- Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen AG (OHE)
- RegioInfra Gesellschaft mbH (RIN)
- RegionalverkehrMünsterland GmbH (RVM)
- RBA Regionalbus Augsburg GmbH
- Regionalverkehr Ruhr-Lippe GmbH (RLG)
- Schieneninfrastruktur Ost-Niedersachsen GmbH (SInON)
- Foundation Family BSW & EW
- Süd-Thüringen-Bahn GmbH
- SDG Sächsische Dampfeisenbahngesellschaft mbH (SDG)
- VIAS Logistics and VIAS
- vlexx GmbH
- VIAS Rail
- Westfälische Landes-Eisenbahn GmbH (WLE)
- Westfalen Bahn GmbH (WfB)
Deutsche Bahn and EVG are currently still arguing about the statutory minimum wage of 12 euros, which the union wants to include in the collective bargaining tables so that all further negotiation results are calculated on this value. In the meantime, Deutsche Bahn has agreed to do so, but only wants to clarify later in the negotiations whether all collective bargaining results will then also be included in the tables as increases for these employees or whether they will be paid through allowances. (jon/dpa)
