Failed collective bargaining in the web – www.dw.de

Failed collective bargaining in the web – www.dw.de

Once again, the collective talks between German railway and the German train drivers union (GDL) have failed. It all seemed well on its way. The point committees of the GDL want to decide on 18 February on how to proceed. GDL chief Claus Weselsky made after the breakdown of negotiations in Berlin clearly: “The probability of labor disputes has increased enormously with the present day.”

He was not happy, GDL boss Weselsky journalists

Weselsky explains the decision to burst the calls so that the Group’s insistence, a collective bargaining agreement with the GDL must be identical to the result, which will provide the web with the competing Railway and Transport union (ECG). “We will not let that happen. We are a free collective Party which has no dependence on others,” Weselsky revolted.

Weber is dismayed

Railway -Personalvorstand Ulrich Weber was completely surprised by the off after nine hours of negotiations. “We were on the verge of a breakthrough and an agreement on a basic structure for regional collective agreement. And then denied the GDL is baseless,” he complained. This behavior is completely incomprehensible and “not rationally comprehensible.”

Chief Human Resources Officer Weber is stunned

The web had presented a paper in which the central demand of the GDL might be fulfilled, the wage agreement for also to extend engine driver to train conductors, on-board caterers and dispatchers, Weber pointed out. This would allow the GDL to negotiate working conditions for these groups. This had been the core of the debate have been.

GDL spokeswoman Gerda Seibert criticized, however, the path would keep the old structure of the surface collective agreement broadly and is not willing to take in due extent on the GDL.

Very complicated wage dispute

Both sides are since last July in an exceptionally complicated labor dispute. The GDL and the larger Railway and Transport union (ECG) had a collective agreement is not renewed, the regulated until June, which union which represents professional groups in collective bargaining on the web. Since then, the GDL want for all its members to negotiate collective agreements, and not only for the 20,000 drivers as before. This led to conflict with the TOE.

In order to substantiate their claims, the train drivers’ union went on strike several times last year and put the trains in many parts of Germany lame.

se / wl (dpa, rtr, afp)