Status: 15.01.2024, 13:37 PM
By: Lisa Mayerhofer
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There seems to have been some movement in the wage dispute between the GDL union and Transdev. At Deutsche Bahn, the situation is different. How the strikes could continue.
Berlin – The train drivers' union GDL is on strike, the trains are at a standstill – until Friday evening, according to the plan. Now, however, the GDL will end the ongoing strike at the railway company Transdev this Friday (12 January) early at 12:00 noon. Negotiations are expected to resume next week, the company and GDL announced on Friday morning.
GDL rail strike: Transdev presents new offer
According to Transdev, the meeting is scheduled for Monday (15 January). The company operates regional railways in North Rhine-Westphalia, the northwest, Saxony and Bavaria, among others. The strike at Deutsche Bahn, on the other hand, will continue for the time being.
"If nothing comes by Friday, we'll take a break and go into the next industrial action," says Claus Weselsky, chairman of the German Locomotive Drivers' Union. © Arne Dedert/dpa
"Our subsidiaries will do everything in their power to keep the strike-related restrictions and aftermath as low as possible in order to be able to offer passengers regular transport operations again as soon as possible," Transdev said on Friday. The company had submitted a new offer.
Transdev has assured the union in a written offer that it will "seriously negotiate all core demands of the current collective bargaining round," GDL boss Claus Weselsky announced. Thus, "the short-term re-entry into negotiations and also the early termination of the currently ongoing industrial action has become possible".
Weselsky can always call for long strikes
So while there has been some movement in the wage dispute with Transdev, a premature end to the railway is currently not foreseeable. The problem: Deutsche Bahn continues to reject the GDL's core demand. The union is demanding a reduction in working hours from 38 to 35 hours for shift workers with full wage compensation.
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Deutsche Bahn is now offering a model with which shift workers could reduce or even increase their weekly working hours. However, the Group remained cautious on the subject of wage compensation. However, the GDL rejects the model - another strike is therefore quite likely. Initially, there were no dates for new negotiations. GDL boss Claus Weselsky has already announced that he will quickly call for the next strike if Deutsche Bahn does not present a new tariff offer.
After the great approval in a ballot among the union members, Weselsky can again and again call for long, if necessary even indefinite strikes. However, the GDL boss had announced in December that the strikes would last a maximum of five days each.
With material from dpa