Germany: the DGB is firmly opposing to Deutsch Bahn’s privatization

Hard blow for Hartmut Mehdorn, leader of the Deutsche Bahn (DB) : the management of the German union confederation DBG spoke out in a press release (March 6) against the German railway company's entry into the stock exchange. The main railway workers' union -Transnet - which met in Fulda on March 12 and 13, wandered away from the DGB and reminded that it was the only capable union in this matter. (Ref. 070232)
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The Deutsche Bahn AG does not need to be privatized to evolve in a positive way if the government respects its commitments as owner”, declared the DGB, before warning that: “the DB has to remain State ownership under its current integrated group form and cannot be broken up. The demolishing projects of certain group parts are endangering thousands of jobs”.

Going along with the privatization. At the union Transnet’s headquarters in Berlin, the union confederation’s (which Transnet belongs in) pr

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