Train strike: German citizens have no understanding for recusal – SPIEGEL ONLINE

One day before the planned end of the train drivers’ strike at Deutsche Bahn, the criticism of the trade union GDL increases sharply. SPD parliamentary leader Thomas Oppermann accused GDL boss Claus Weselsky he pursue “personal interests of power”. “The damage to confidence in the trade unions and the acceptance of industrial disputes,” Oppermann said the “Passauer Neue Presse”. Union parliamentary leader Volker Kauder (CDU) sees “the limit of proportionality, exceeded”, as he told the station SWR2.

For the continuous strikes of the GDL also a clear majority of the German population has no more understanding. In a representative survey conducted on behalf of the appearing in Weimar “Thuringian State newspaper” expressed only 21 percent of those surveyed her consent to the walkouts. Nine per cent were undecided in the survey conducted by the opinion research institute Erfurt Insa.

In principle, therefore, 58 percent of respondents are of the opinion that strikes are a suitable pressure medium in industrial disputes, 36 percent disagree. 61 percent of Germans feel the frequent cancellations due to strikes by train drivers still troublesome.

Weselsky had allegations of abusing the right to strike, always rejected and was now ostentatiously self-confident. The weeklong walkout was a “complete success”, he said the “Saarbrücker Zeitung”. At the same time he threatened further strikes if the web guide does not go into the GDL demands.

In the East, only 15 percent of trains

Reels million travelers and commuters had to endure on Saturday because of the longest insurrection in the web to greater difficulty to adjust , There were significant disabilities and numerous cancellations. Especially in East Germany, where the train drivers’ union GDL is more organized, roll only about 15 percent of the trains. In the West there were up to two thirds. Also the S-Bahn was hit again. The replacement schedule during stable, said a railway spokesperson in Berlin.

One particular challenge existed in Hamburg: Here to Hafengeburtstag hundreds of thousands of people were expected. At the festival significantly more S-Bahn trains with more carriages partially should be on the road than usual.

has been eagerly awaited, whether Deutsche Bahn CEO Rüdiger Grube weekend announces details of its proposed new foray into the months since faltering wage dispute with the GDL. GDL boss Weselsky had to use the recent initiative Grube, the former Prime Minister of Brandenburg, Matthias Platzeck (SPD) as an intermediary, rejected.

The GDL will still go on strike until Sunday morning at 9 clock. Even then it can come to delays and cancellations, to the railway traffic runs smoothly again after train information. The strike began on Monday and on Tuesday in passenger freight traffic.

Kauder emphasized that it was “for an economically strong nation already dramatically when a major infrastructure, such as the web is on strike over an entire week.” The industry estimates that the damage caused by the strike on a mid three-digit million euro sum.

It is the GDL in principle to their own collective agreements for all crew members. While the train will only accept the same conditions as with the greater competition union ECG, pushing the train drivers on discrepancies about when working.

crux was recently the classification of the tariff structure Lokrangierführer train. The GDL criticizes the railway wanted these colleagues who are responsible for about the coupling and uncoupling of trains, lower classify as employees on the track. When it comes to raise railway and GDL were, however, barely apart.