On June 11, the GDL train drivers’ union announced that it had signed a collective agreement with Agilis, the private rail company based in Regensburg, Bavaria. It is the first time it signed an agreement with this company – and with a private rail company in Bavaria. In addition to a 2.7 percent wage increase on May 1, 2013, the union obtained a series of improvements for trainmen, who used to be represented by the majority rail union, EVG. (Ref. 130399)
Taking better account of actual working time. For years, the GDL train drivers’ union has been fighting for equal pay for all train drivers (see articles 100481 and 110715). So the company agreement (Haustarif) signed with the agilis Verkehrsgesellschaft and agilis Eisenbahngesellschaft companies, which employ 330 people in Regensburg, including 250 train drivers, is a new step forward. “Increasingly, we sign agreements with private rail companies and, with these agreements, we are putting a
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