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A poster with the inscription “Warning Strike” hangs on a barrier.
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Strikes have recently caused too many train cancellations at Deutsche Bahn.
Now further problems for train drivers are emerging.
This time the focus is on local transport.
Hanover - There will be restrictions in local public transport in Lower Saxony and Bremen on Friday due to a warning strike.
The Verdi union called for the action on Monday.
According to Verdi, six municipal companies in Lower Saxony and one in Bremen are affected.
In Lower Saxony, the employees of the Braunschweiger Verkehrsgesellschaft, the Göttingen Verkehrsbetriebe, Osnabus and SWO-Mobil in Osnabrück, Stadtbus Goslar, Üstra Hannover and the Wolfsburger Verkehrsgesellschaft are to stop their work, and in Bremen the employees of the Bremer Straßenbahn AG are to stop working.
According to a spokesman, the union is calling on a total of 4,500 workers in Lower Saxony to go on warning strike, and around 2,400 in Bremen.
“Something must be done urgently so that the employees can be relieved and new staff can be recruited,” said Verdi negotiator in Lower Saxony, Marian Drews.
A central rally is planned in Hanover on Friday.
Passengers will once again face significant restrictions this Friday, especially in rush hour traffic.
It was only this Monday that the German Locomotive Drivers' Union (GDL) prematurely ended its multi-day strike at Deutsche Bahn.
A peace obligation now applies there until March 3rd.
However, Verdi labor disputes are still possible in local and regional transport.
Apart from Bavaria, Verdi is negotiating in parallel with local employers' associations in all federal states about new collective agreements for public transport employees.
During the first round of negotiations last week, no solution was reached in any region.
Verdi is demanding, among other things, three more days of vacation per year and longer rest periods for employees in Lower Saxony.
dpa