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Added on the 29/02/2024 09:41:04 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Public transport is severely disrupted across Germany, following a strike call by the powerful Ver.di union, which is calling for the negotiation of a new nationwide collective agreement. IMAGES of empty public transport hubs in Berlin and people using cars, bikes or going by foot instead
With German train drivers on strike, services across the capital Berlin remain disrupted and intermittent, with cancellations and reduced services seen across both local and regional train journeys. Disruption is expected across the country as a result of the train drivers' union's latest salvo in an escalating dispute over working conditions. It is their second walkout in weeks -- in mid-November, train drivers staged a 20-hour strike that led to the cancellation of some 80 percent of long-distance trains nationwide. IMAGES
Waterloo train station in London operates at a reduced service, as railway staff in Britain on Saturday staged the latest in a series of strikes, the second in three days, as decades-high inflation hit salaries and prompted walkouts across various industries. IMAGES
Dortmund (Germany), Oct 8 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Friedemann Vogel).- The second-largest union in Germany called for a public transport strike on Thursday in Germany that has led to the closure of the subway and bus services affecting millions of Germans. The union calls for a new collective wage agreement for its nearly 87,000 employees.FOOTAGE OF THE DORTMUND METRO ON THURSDAY.
Duisburg (Germany), Sep 22 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Friedemann Vogel).- The German public sector union Verdi called a warning strike campaign last Sunday, which will be effective as of Monday, Tuesday, and coincides with the upsurge of infections with COVID-19. The sector's union, with some 2.5 million employees, announced the beginning of the campaign of intermittent strikes, after failing to reach an agreement with the bosses in the negotiating round held in Potsdam (a city close to Berlin).FOOTAGE OF UNIONISTS CAMPAIGNING FOR THE STRIKE IN THE NORTH RECYCLING CENTER IN DUISBURG.
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