Public transport
Arbitration in Berlin’s local transport – two weeks without strike
The mood between Verdi and the BVG was recently frosty. Now arbitrator should find a solution in the tariff conflict. Can two former prime ministers prevent a mega strike?
External arbitrators should find a solution in the fixed tariff conflict between Berlin transport companies (BVG) and Verdi. The talks begin on Friday and end on April 10th, as both sides announced. During this time, strikes are excluded from Berlin’s transport companies.
For the BVG, Brandenburg’s former Prime Minister Matthias Platzeck goes into the talks as a simple. For Verdi, Thuringia’s former Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow.
Verdi had declared the collective bargaining with the municipal transport company for around 16,000 employees last Friday after the sixth round and called for the next warning strike this week. The BVG then proposed the arbitration. Now there is an agreement on the modalities of these conversations.
Nevertheless, Verdi initiated a pre -vote on permanent strikes among his own members on Wednesday. The union sticks to this. At the same time, the union called again on Wednesday and Thursday at the BVG.
The recommendation of the arbitrators is not binding. The crazy in the negotiations is the Verdi claim after 750 euros more per month, which the BVG describes as unavailable.
dpa
Source: Stern
