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In September, two warning strikes paralyzed bus traffic in Kiel, Lübeck, Neumünster and Flensburg. Without an agreement there would have been a five-day warning strike.
Commuters can breathe a sigh of relief. Until further notice, there are no new warning strikes on city buses in Kiel, Lübeck, Neumünster and Flensburg. In the fourth round of negotiations in Flensburg, employers and unions agreed on a new collective agreement for around 1,800 employees, as the Verdi union announced.
According to the agreement, with a collective agreement term of 18 months, employees will initially receive an increase of 3.0 percent retroactively to July 1st and then a further increase of 2.6 percent on April 1, 2027.
“The agreed increases mean a noticeable improvement in the employees’ income,” explained Verdi Nord negotiator Sascha Bähring. At the same time, it was possible to reach a collective agreement that was impressive and sent signals. The ver.di tariff commission approved the outcome of the negotiations immediately after the negotiations were concluded.
Without an agreement there would have been a five-day warning strike. The union's collective bargaining committee had already decided on this in the event that the talks again failed to produce a sustainable result from their point of view. Back in September, two warning strikes temporarily paralyzed bus traffic in the four independent cities of Schleswig-Holstein. At the beginning of September, the bus drivers went on a 48-hour warning strike. A one-day warning strike followed on September 21st.
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The bus companies will partly pass on the wage increases to passengers through higher ticket prices.
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