The majority of bus and tram drivers in Germany are older than 55 years. The proportion of this group was 40 percent in 2022, significantly higher than among all employed people in Germany (26 percent) Almost a quarter of the drivers of buses and trams had foreign nationality, and this was the case for 14 percent of the employed population as a whole.
This Friday, the Verdi union is on strike in the local public transport of around 130 municipal companies. The collective bargaining dispute involves issues such as fewer weekly working hours with full wage compensation, shorter shifts and the reduction of unpaid travel time.