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The nationwide train drivers' strike in long-distance and local transport will start as planned on Tuesday morning at 2 a.m.
On Monday, the Frankfurt am Main labor court rejected Deutsche Bahn's application for an interim injunction against the strike by the GDL union.
The railway announced on Monday that it wanted to stop the strike by the German Locomotive Drivers' Union through court.
From 4 p.m., the Frankfurt Labor Court heard the company's application for an interim injunction.
During the ongoing conflict, the railway had already tried to legally prevent a labor dispute by the GDL, but was unsuccessful in two instances.
After collective bargaining failed again, the company called on the union for further talks at the end of last week.
The GDL made this conditional on the railway submitting a new offer.
The union's ultimatum to the company's management had expired just over two hours on Sunday evening when the GDL announced another strike.
It is the sixth industrial dispute in the collective bargaining dispute with Deutsche Bahn that has been simmering for months.
For freight traffic, it should start on Monday evening at 6 p.m.
The crux of the matter is the union's demand for a 35-hour week for shift workers without financial losses.
In a negotiation phase that lasted several weeks, the railway recently agreed to a proposal from external mediators that provided for 36 hours with full wage compensation.
However, the GDL rejected this.
In view of the deadlocked conflict at the railway, calls for the federal government to intervene as the sole owner of the railway are becoming louder.
The situation can no longer be allowed to continue, said CSU General Secretary Martin Huber on Monday morning in the RTL/ntv program “Early Start”.
“In this respect, the federal government is required to participate in negotiations and mediate here.”
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