Germany: the two major rail unions announce a series of warning strikes starting on October 25th

Warning strikes and employers’ anger.  In an ultimatum presented in mid-September (see our dispatch No. 100648), Transnet and GDBA warned that, if the employers of the key private operators in rail transport (Veolia, Keolis, Arriva, Abellio, Hessische Landesbahn, and Benex) didn’t substantially improve their offer, they would launch warning strikes as a prelude to a tougher strike.  At the end of September, the “G6” provided a counteroffer.  On Tuesday, unions decided it wasn’t enough and therefore carried out their threat.  The strikes will affect most regional companies, private companies, as well as the DB’s subsidiaries, that also pay wages below the parent company’s rates.
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will hurt businesses.” For the trade unions, signing this agreement is the sine qua non to renew the Deutsche Bahn’s collective agreement. (Ref. 100725)

Warning strikes and employers’ anger. In an ultimatum presented in mid-September (see our dispatch No. 100648), Transnet and GDBA warned that, if the employers of the key private operators in rail transport (Veolia, Keolis, Arriva, Abellio, Hessische Landesbahn, and Benex) didn’t substantially improve their offer, they would launch warning s

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