US EditionGerman commuter transport faces 'standstill' on Monday amid call for strike
Nearly 100,000 municipal transport workers will strike for higher pay and improved conditions, disrupting local trains, trams, and buses across most German states.
- Verdi called a nationwide warning strike that will halt local trains, trams and buses in many German cities on February 2nd, with most services in Munich's MVG and Berlin's BVG shutting down.
- The union framed Monday as a warning strike to amplify bargaining leverage, seeking salary and working-condition demands while municipal employers argue budgets are already stretched.
- About 150 municipal transport and bus companies across nearly all German states, including Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen, will be affected by the strike affecting nearly 100,000 workers.
- Passengers should expect most services to be stopped and arrange alternatives for Monday, though some buses may run where municipal transport companies cooperate with private bus operators, and Munich emergency program will keep limited subway and tram service.
- The sector faces a shortfall of around 80,000 staff, Lower Saxony is exempt due to a prior agreement, and S-Bahn and private-run bus lines often maintain patchy service.
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Germany faces public transport strikes on Monday
or- If you normally travel with the Wupsi buses to get to work for example, you should look for alternatives for next Monday, February 2. Because for this day the union responsible for the public service, Verdi, calls for a full-day warning strike, which according to the union will also affect Leverkusen.
Germany public transport faces complete halt after Verdi union strike call
Germany's Verdi union has called nearly 100,000 public transport workers to strike nationwide over demands for better pay, shorter hours and improved conditions, threatening to halt bus and rail services across major cities.
Cuts in working time and continued payment of wages in case of illness: Verdi sees federal political attacks on employees trickling into the collective bargaining round in local transport. Not only in Berlin is on strike on Monday.
The Verdi trade union called for nationwide warning strikes in local transport for Monday. Many big cities are affected. Passengers would have to set up for failures and delays at the beginning of the next week, said Verdi.
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