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Strike in public transport despite Corona: is Munich sinking into chaos? Dispute between MVG and union before escalation

2020-09-28T20:14:45.422Z


The Verdi union calls for better working conditions for employees in local public transport. There will be a strike in Munich on Tuesday.


The Verdi union calls for better working conditions for employees in local public transport.

There will be a strike in Munich on Tuesday.

  • Local public transport will be as good as paralyzed in Munich on Tuesday.

  • The MVG warns its customers to look for other means of transport.

  • Meanwhile, the two collective bargaining parties blame each other.

Munich

- There is no

subway

on Tuesday (September 29)

(from the start of operations at 3.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.).

The

tram

will largely fail - and at most every second

bus

will be on the way.

Yes,

Munich

will be paralyzed!

“If you can, you should

avoid

the

MVG means of transport,

” even warns the transport company itself. Only the

S-Bahn

runs normally.

Strike in Munich: Verdi demands more money and less working hours

The hard-hitting

strike

- he is the pressure on

employers

to increase - in the nationwide

labor dispute

to the working conditions of workers in the

public transport

(public transport).

"The conditions have deteriorated dramatically in recent years," said Verdi Bayern spokesman Kai Winkler yesterday.

The number of employees has decreased while the number of passengers has risen sharply.

Verdi

calls for reduced

working hours

, better

pay

- especially for unfavorable working hours.

Overtime should no longer be the rule, the stress in shift work should be reduced.

The

public transport professionals

should better pay again for new entrants.

Important info: In the local transport #MVG there will be massive restrictions on Tuesday because of the #strike.

The subway, bus and tram are affected.

More details: https://t.co/XMvdrOIO8i

- Munich (@muenchen) September 28, 2020

At the

employers' association,

however, the

negotiations were

blocked, according to Silke Vorpahl, Verdi negotiator for the omnibus collective agreement: “We have no other choice but to strike.

And we will carry on, one after the other! "

You can find more information about the strike in our news ticker.

Strike in Munich: collective bargaining parties push each other the buck

But why go on strike right now - in the middle of the Corona * crisis?

You don't want to hit schoolchildren, parents and passengers disproportionately, says Silke Vorpahl.

“But the

buck

lies with the

employers' association

.

The

strikes

can be

interrupted

at any time by the

employers' association

by making us an offer! "MVG boss Ingo Wortmann sees it differently:" We call on the

unions

to

resolve

the collective bargaining

conflict

at the negotiating table, not on the backs of our passengers. " the

MVG employees

secure

jobs

.

+

The subway stations in Munich will be orphaned on Tuesday.

No underground operation for the entire city area has been announced.

© Michael Westermann

So what's next?

Initially, the failures are limited to this Tuesday, says

Verdi

.

But: More

strikes are to

follow, but not this week.

Strikes are not only taking place in Munich.

Public transport strikes are being called in eleven Bavarian cities.

* tz.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.

Source: merkur

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