Train attendants at all railway companies are increasingly being subjected to increasingly severe attacks, complains ÖBB works council chief Roman Hebenstreit, who is also head of the vida union. According to “Kurier”, he is now demanding that attacks on drivers and controllers of public transport be punished as serious bodily harm in the future, as is the case with police officers, for example.
I had a call made (at other railway companies, note). Colleagues say that the attacks are increasing and becoming more brutal,” said Hebenstreit. “It starts with a slap on the ass, goes on to spitting and even a slap.” According to the report, the railway union official is demanding a safety summit from the Ministry of Transport , Ministry of Justice and Ministry of the Interior “It cannot be that there are jobs where you have to fear for life and limb,” said Hebenstreit.
According to him, night buses and night trains are potentially the worst. At Wiener Linien, for example, many attacks are due to the mask requirement. From there it is said, according to the report, that every incident is reported.
Source: Nachrichten
