As of: March 1, 2024, 7:48 a.m
By: Marcel Reich
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Public transport strikes reach their peak.
Verdi and Fridays for Future are jointly setting an example for climate protection.
Frankfurt – At the climax of their strikes in local public transport this week, the Verdi service union began a joint day of protest with climate activists on Friday.
Verdi has again called for work stoppages on buses and trains in a number of countries, including Berlin, North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Württemberg, Hesse and Hamburg.
Joint rallies with representatives of the climate protection movement are also planned in many places.
Verdi had been calling for a “wave strike” since Monday to put pressure on the ongoing collective bargaining for the approximately 90,000 employees in local public transport.
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Strike on Friday: “A social-ecological transport transition is possible - and helps us all”
“The employees have contributed their part to the mobility transition,” explained Verdi deputy chairwoman Christine Behle.
“Politicians at all levels must now take the challenges of the climate crisis seriously and implement measures for sustainable and future-oriented mobility.”
“A social-ecological transport transition is possible - and helps us all,” explained Liv Manthey from the climate protection movement Fridays for Future.
“With the climate strike on March 1st, we are showing that the fight for relief for BVG employees, for passengers and for the climate can only be won together.”
Verdi had been calling for a “wave strike” since Monday to put pressure on the ongoing collective bargaining for the approximately 90,000 employees in local public transport.
130 municipal companies are affected.
SPD General Secretary Kevin Kühnert praises the joint day of action by Verdi and Fridays for Future.
The alliance is “strategically smart,” he told the news portal “Web.de News”.
“It shows that the unions also have an eye on the cohesion of society as a whole.
At the same time, advocating for good work, a good climate and the best mobility is an example of a win-win-win situation.”
Warning strike has started in local transport in Hesse
The two-day warning strike in local public transport has also started as planned in Hesse.
Passengers in Wiesbaden, Kassel and Frankfurt/Main have to prepare for significant disruptions to buses, trams and subways on Friday and Saturday, as the Verdi union announced.
School bus traffic is also affected.
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In Hanau, Offenbach, Marburg and Gießen, parts of local public transport are on strike, said union secretary Jochen Koppel on Friday morning.
For passengers in Wiesbaden and the surrounding area, destinations will remain accessible by public transport during the strike, as the ESWE transport company announced.
Verdi has called on employees of municipal transport companies to go on a two-day warning strike.
The union is currently negotiating new collective agreements for local public transport companies in all federal states except Bavaria.