Tube strike GDL GDL threatened with 100-hour strike – Frankfurter Rundschau

Tube strike GDL GDL threatened with 100-hour strike – Frankfurter Rundschau

February 14, 2015

GDL chief Claus Weselsky Photo: AP

The train drivers’ union GDL flexes the muscles: the labor dispute GDL chief Claus Weselsky, the Germans train an ultimatum and threatening “. The next strike is to be hundreds of hours”

The German train drivers union (GDL), the Germans Bahn (DB) on Saturday issued an ultimatum and made new strikes in view. The reported the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sunday newspaper” (FAS), citing a vorliegendes their so-called negotiation protocol of the union. In an accompanying letter, which was present the newspaper claims to be demanded GDL chief Claus Weselsky therefore, that on the basis of the nine points of the paper being negotiated.

If the paper is not up to the meeting the Tariff Commission on Wednesday 11.00 clock had been signed by all sides, “we will propose our decision-making bodies to continue the strike,” wrote GDL chief Claus Weselsky the head of the Employers’ Association, Werner Bayreuther.

Rail spokeswoman: no sympathy

The newspaper said Weselsky:” The next strike will be about a hundred hours. ” The union could organize a labor dispute within one day. Consequently, this coming weekend, rail transport could be seriously disrupted across the country

“The DB has no understanding of re-strike threats and evidence warranting no reason to the contrary. We have key demands of the GDL as fulfilled wage agreement, “said a spokeswoman train in the evening. A reasonable solution would be at the negotiating table it exclusively. The railway will review the paper once it officially vorliege her.

The collective bargaining between Deutsche Bahn and the GDL had failed unexpectedly on Wednesday. Both sides gave himself for blaming each other. The tariff calls are difficult because the larger Railway and Transport union ECG and GDL want to reach settlements partly for the same groups of employees. The railway had the last conflict somewhat defused by will pay an advance of the February salary each member of staff for the duration of the ongoing negotiations since summer. This is to be charged later with the collective’s degree. Since the web different contracts for the same group of workers but refuses, she tries with two competing unions identical agreements negotiated. The GDL had repeatedly struck in 2014, causing the train traffic came to a standstill in many parts. (Rtr / afp)