Wurm sounded the alarm on Friday: Due to the acute shortage of staff, the “night owl” line in the Vöcklabruck district had to be discontinued. Now the first daily connections in Salzburg and Lower Austria have to be canceled, according to the chairman of the Postbus works council.
ÖBB spokesman Bernhard Rieder only confirmed “problems” bei the “night owl” line, which is particularly popular with young people. The line mainly transports partygoers to discos and bars. However, he cannot confirm the other failures described by Wurm.
Worm sees the problems sBoth the regional management and the management are responsible. He described the situation as dramatic: employees would be treated with “inhuman andnd safety-endangering rosters”. Employees would switch back to private competition after a number of years because of these working conditions and would even accept a drop in salary. In order to win new bus drivers, dhe management recently started an advertising campaign. But according to the works council, respectful interaction is necessary. Otherwise it would be “cramped for the Postbus and its passengers,” warns Wurm. Because then even more handlebars would change and even more lines would fail.
Source: Nachrichten
