Warning strike at Alstom: EVG calls on employees in Stendal to strike

The Railway and Transport Union (EVG) is calling on employees at the Alstom factory in Stendal to go on a warning strike. Accordingly, the site's approximately 280 employees should stop work at the start of their shifts at 5 a.m. on Monday morning. The strike should last 25 hours, the EVG said. Work will also be stopped at the external locations in Chemnitz and Waibstadt in Baden-Württemberg.

In the ongoing collective bargaining, EVG is primarily demanding that wages in Stendal be brought into line with other company locations. An employee of Alstom GmbH in Stendal, a subsidiary of the French parent company, currently earns a gross wage that is 500 euros lower than comparable colleagues at other locations, as the union announced. From the union's perspective, management has not yet submitted a sufficient offer.

The Alstom employees in Stendal are primarily responsible for maintenance work, repairs and modernization of locomotives.