Due to an acute shortage of staff, some regional bus lines in the district now have to run in emergency mode.
The district Greens are now demanding more wages for bus drivers in order to defuse the situation.
District
– The district supports the bus companies financially because of the increased fuel and electricity prices.
But it's not just the cost of diesel that's affecting the industry.
An acute shortage of skilled workers means that trips are cancelled.
In Poing (Ebersberg district), even the entire 468 bus line has been temporarily suspended due to a lack of staff.
So far, however, this is the only line that has been discontinued, says MVV press spokeswoman Franziska Hartmann.
Emergency plans have been implemented for four bus lines in the Munich district.
According to the district office, it is becoming apparent that five other regional bus lines will require an emergency plan with a reduced number of trips.
Application for overtariff payments
But how can you counteract the shortage of staff?
Is the current tariff level sufficient to keep bus drivers in the Munich area in the long term?
Could the district offer benefits above the standard pay scale in its next tenders?
The leader of the Greens in the district council, Christoph Nadler, and member of the Greens in the state parliament and district councilor Markus Büchler, are requesting that a dialogue be sought with representatives of the MVV, bus companies and the union at one of the next meetings of the mobility committee.
The guests should consult with the district councils on how the bus offer and the planned expansion of the offer can be implemented in view of the worsening shortage of skilled workers.
In other regions, higher wages with lower living costs
“The bus companies commissioned by the district are making enormous efforts to make acquisitions in foreign countries near and far, bear the costs of obtaining a driver’s license, organize German courses and invest in affordable housing,” the Greens write in a press release: “Nevertheless, they are losing workers more and more often, often after a short time, because in Regensburg, Würzburg, Austria, in East Germany or at MVG they get more net wages for the same job with lower living costs," Nadler and Büchler state.
The city of Munich also pays more
Elsewhere, and also in the city of Munich, more would be paid than in the Munich area: “In other regions, other collective agreements sometimes apply, or the public transport authorities pay more than the standard wage, for example two or three euros per hour above the tariff of the state association of Bavarian bus companies .” The district should examine options and costs and work towards a procedure that is as uniform as possible in the MVV area.
