According to Verdi-agreement : the status of BVG?

The Verdi-wage dispute is settled, a solution is found. Educators, teachers and government employees have, according to the Potsdam collective agreement for the time being, there is no need for further strikes.

the situation is Different in the case of the BVG: a dispute with the Berlin transport companies is not yet solved. Next Tuesday the third round of Negotiations between Verdi and the land company. "This is a tough collective bargaining," said Verdi spokesman Andreas He on Sunday. After all, an exploratory round was run last Wednesday, "constructive". About the Details, you have agreed not to disclose.

on Tuesday, the breakthrough, one could say only in the evening, when the tariff Commission had followed up the negotiation. The course will depend, according to He, "whether the employer submit actually an offer".

Should be found, the offer is totally inadequate, a further warning strike in the BVG are due. The first walkout on 15. February, from the night until the lunch almost all Berlin buses, as well as all the streets and underground trains in the Depots remained.

Other BVG-warning strike?

Only a few of the private companies on behalf of the BVG-operated Kiezbuslinien went according to plan, in addition, a Notverkehr only by Bus to reach the airport Tegel was organized.

employees of The BVG and its subsidiary, Berlin Transport complain that they are paid compared to the nationwide meanwhile at the worst. Many feel that as doubly unfair, because the cost of living especially because of the massively rising Rents in Berlin is growing at a faster pace than in other regions.

on The other you complain of greatly increased Stress, because the buses and trains are always full, and especially the U-Bahn trains due to their high average age, are always prone to interference.

According to a statement, the eighth a unionist during the warning strike in February, up worked a up 2005 set "altbesch äftigter" of the BVG over the last 13 years, a total of 62,5 days less and 156,000 euros more deserving than someone who was hired after that. "That's why we get no more people."

The Berlin S-Bahn as a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn is not affected by the tariff conflict. Your driver to predominantly belong to the sector trade unions GdL and ECG.

agreement in the wage dispute with Eight per cent more wages in the public service

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