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A banner at a warning strike by the Verdi union.
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After an inconclusive second round of negotiations on the working conditions of around 30,000 employees in the municipal transport companies in North Rhine-Westphalia, the Verdi union is not ruling out further industrial action.
There was an exchange of factual issues at the meeting with the employer representatives on Friday in Bochum, but no progress in the discussions, Verdi NRW local transport expert Peter Büddicker told the German Press Agency.
Bochum - “I cannot rule out further industrial action,” he said when asked about a possible further warning strike in municipal transport companies in North Rhine-Westphalia.
First, the union members should be informed about the status of the negotiations.
Immediately before the meeting, Verdi largely paralyzed local public transport in North Rhine-Westphalia with an all-day warning strike in around 30 municipal transport companies on Thursday.
Trams and subways remained in the depots.
In many places only a few public buses could run, which are anyway operated by private subcontractors.
There had already been an all-day warning strike in local public transport at the beginning of February, with which Verdi wanted to increase the pressure on employers.
Verdi NRW is calling, among other things, for additional days off in order to relieve the burden on employees and make the professions more attractive.
There is a lack of offspring.
The employers' association KAV NRW, on the other hand, points out that there is limited financial scope and that salaries will rise significantly on March 1st, as agreed a long time ago.
According to the regional employers' association, given the existing driver shortage, additional days off would ultimately lead to the remaining drivers being put under more strain.
dpa