The ongoing tariff dispute with Deutsche Bahn has come to an end. The head of the union of German locomotive drivers expects new members from the success.
After the end of the month-long collective bargaining conflict at Deutsche Bahn, the head of the German Locomotive Drivers’ Union (GDL), Claus Weselsky, is hoping for new members for the GDL.
The railway workers now know «that we have earned more income for them than before and have defended their company pension. Hopefully they will reward that by joining the GDL, ”said Weselsky of the“ Rheinische Post ”(Friday).
Looking at three waves of strikes before the compromise that has now been negotiated, the union leader said: “We have proven that we can do it.” He accepts “no bashing” against a union that wants to negotiate collective agreements for its members.
On Thursday, Bahn and GDL announced that they had found a compromise in the month-long tariff dispute. Tariff increases totaling 3.3 percent and one-off payments were agreed. As of December 1, 2021, salaries will initially increase by 1.5 percent, and then by a further 1.8 percent on March 1, 2023. The employees receive a Corona bonus twice: depending on the pay group, 300, 400 or 600 euros this year and a uniform 400 euros next year.
The new collective agreement runs for 32 months until October 2023. The collective bargaining conflict at the railways has not yet been finally resolved: Renegotiations between the railroad and the larger rail and transport union (EVG) may now be pending, because the GDL compromise is over the degree that EVG and Bahn had already achieved last year.
The passenger association Pro Bahn warned that “there shouldn’t be another labor dispute with the EVG, but that a solution must be found quickly here too.” With the agreement between GDL and Bahn, “on this front at least until the end of 2023,” said the deputy federal chairman of Pro Bahn, Lukas Iffländer.
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