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Berlin (dpa) - The collective bargaining agreements between the German Locomotive Drivers Union (GDL) and Deutsche Bahn have expired for almost two weeks - negotiations on new contracts are not in sight.
The union has rejected another date suggestion from the railroad, said Martin Seiler, head of human resources in Berlin.
«The GDL must not shirk and hold us off.
But it is currently doing that, ”he criticized.
With the expiry of the collective agreements, the peace obligation also ended.
Warning strikes are therefore conceivable.
The GDL has not yet announced any.
Last week, the GDL made the start of collective bargaining dependent on the question of where and to whom the contracts ultimately apply.
Because the federally owned company is currently in the process of implementing the so-called unified collective bargaining law.
Accordingly, if there are several unions in a company, only the contract with the association with the larger number of members applies.
In most of the 300 or so railway companies, this would be the contract with the larger railway and transport union (EVG).
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In order to prevent the application of the law, EVG, GDL and Bahn would have to agree on a different regulation.
However, the EVG has so far refused to discuss this.
She agreed on a new collective bargaining agreement with Deutsche Bahn last year, which includes a wage increase of 1.5 percent and employment guarantees from the group.
The GDL is now demanding, among other things, 4.8 percent more money and a one-time corona premium of 1,300 euros.
In addition, according to Seiler, there are calls for extended vacation entitlements, travel allowances for employees and higher staffing levels.
The board of directors criticized this again as “horrendous” and “irresponsible”.
Implementation would result in cost increases of at least 46 percent for the group, which is already in a difficult financial position.
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