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Two days of bus strike in Lower Saxony: traffic is at a standstill!
The Verdi union is calling on bus drivers in Lower Saxony to go on warning strikes to improve wages in the collective bargaining dispute. Demonstrations planned.
Two days of bus strike in Lower Saxony: traffic is at a standstill!
The Verdi union has called for warning strikes in bus transport in Lower Saxony in the coming days. From Tuesday, bus drivers in several regions of the state will stop work for a total of two days, which will lead to significant restrictions on local public transport. The regions affected are Braunschweiger Land, Hildesheim, Lüneburg, Nordhorn, Stade and Verden. A total of around 2,500 employees are expected to take part in the strikes and take part in the protest.
The transport companies that will be affected by the warning strike include, among others, KVG Braunschweig, which operates around Salzgitter, Wolfenbüttel and Helmstedt, and KVG Stade, which runs buses to Stade, Buxtehude and Cuxhaven. The Hildesheim regional transport and the Verden transport company are also affected. Planned demonstrations are planned for Tuesday in Stade, Nordhorn, Hildesheim, Hameln and Verden, while mobilizations will take place in Buxtehude and Lüneburg on Wednesday. This is reported by the South German newspaper.
Background of the conflict
The background to the warning strikes is an ongoing collective bargaining dispute between the Verdi union and the Lower Saxony Local Transport Employers Association (AVN). The third round of negotiations on May 5th did not produce any results because the employers did not submit an appropriate offer. The next interview is scheduled for May 28th. Verdi is calling for wages to be equalized, as employees in the AVN collective agreement currently earn up to 3.30 euros per hour less than in the collective agreement for local transport (TV-N).
During the last warning strikes at the same companies, there were already significant restrictions on bus traffic. This is a clarifying sign that the union is drawing attention to the inadequate negotiations. It is worth noting that the transport companies in Hanover and Bremen are not affected by the current strikes as they are subject to a different collective agreement, according to the NDR.