Verdi calls for a 48-hour warning strike on local public transport in Schleswig-Holstein

The residents of the independent cities in Schleswig-Holstein must expect significant restrictions on local public transport on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Verdi union has called on around 1,800 employees in Kiel, Lübeck, Flensburg and Neumünster to stop their work for 48 hours and leave the buses in the depots. According to a Verdi spokesman, the warning strike begins with the respective early shifts - around 3 a.m. - and ends on Thursday morning.

The buses of the transport companies in the Plön district are also affected. According to information, the employees there are on strike as part of the nationwide collective bargaining round on the railway collective agreement. For both collective bargaining areas, the union is demanding a wage increase of 6.5 percent for all employees, for a period of twelve months. Verdi wants a benefit scheme of 650 euros per year for union members.

At the beginning of September, the second round of negotiations in local public transport failed. “The two rounds of negotiations have left the collective bargaining commission with the impression that without pressure there will be no significant progress in negotiations,” said Verdi negotiator Sascha Bähring last week.