Sunday, November 9, 2014

Underground strike: After strike-end: web and GDL want to negotiate – ABC Online

Underground strike: After strike-end: web and GDL want to negotiate – ABC Online

Sunday, 09.11.2014, 16:53
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After the premature end of the train drivers’ union GDL strikes train and want to negotiate again. “We now discuss first not about strikes,” said GDL chief Claus Weselsky on Saturday at the Leipzig Central Station. “We are waiting for negotiations.”

Deutsche Bahn CEO Rüdiger Grube said the “Bild am Sonntag”, the company is always ready to negotiate. “Every day counts.” A new date for negotiations are not currently available. Even after many trains were on strike on Sunday or late or failed. On Monday, the compounds should return to normal.

In the long-distance traffic drove on Sunday, according to the train on the main routes, only 60 percent of the usual trains. Van and staff would have to go first again in any location. In local and regional transport rolled on average about 80 percent of normal connections.



“gesture of reconciliation” of Weselsky

The German train drivers union (GDL) had ended their strike on Saturday evening at 18.00 clock – after 64 hours in the passenger and freight traffic in 75 hours. Weselsky had surprisingly announced on Friday after two wins in court against the railway a “gesture of reconciliation” – in the form of an earlier strike end. Originally the walkout would last until Monday morning.

The union demands in the labor dispute for the employees more money and work less. Above all, they will continue to represent the next train drivers and train staff in the rest of the negotiations, is in charge of the date the Railway and Transport union (ECG). The web on the other hand wants to prevent competing collective agreements of individual professional groups. Weselsky said in Leipzig, he was ready to parallel negotiations of the web with GDL and ECG at the same time and the same place.



GDL strike ready

Deutsche Bahn CEO Grube called for the GDL to relent on. This should be “their responsibility and willing to compromise,” he told the “Bild am Sonntag”. The train had offered compromise and proposed several arbitrations. “The GDL but says so far to all categorically no.” Grube also expressed upset over Weselsky. The GDL-chief had violated the principle of proportionality between the social partners.

The GDL signaled to remain ready to strike. The chairman of Berlin, Saxony and Brandenburg, Frank Nightingale, made on Saturday at rbb info radio clear if the web does not einlenke, there would be further walkouts.

The head of the Federal Network Agency, Jochen Homann criticized, the lack of competition in long-distance transport by rail. “The strike by train drivers clearly shows how important it is that transport services are not only provided by a company,” Homann said the “Tagesspiegel” (Monday edition).

Meanwhile, prepared arson attacks on railway installations in Northern Germany additional problems for rail transport. There were half of the trains. Unknown had placed on Saturday in Bremen, Lower Saxony and Brandenburg in cable ducts along the tracks fire. To the attacks known in the Internet “autonomous groups”. The state security departments of the state police took over the investigation

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