rail passengers can breathe a sigh of relief: The Deutsche Bahn and the EVG trade Union agreed in collective conflict. There is a conclusion, confirmed by both sides in Berlin. Further Strikes were averted.

Deutsche Bahn and the railway and transport Union (EVG), have reached an agreement after more than two months of negotiations on a collective agreement. The both sides shared without first Details on the height of the financial statements.

railway wants to introduce staff, Board of management Martin Seiler at 10.00 a.m. the result. ECG negotiator Regina Rusch-Ziemba wants to evaluate the result at 11.00 am. The railway had recently presented on Wednesday a new offer, which since then has been negotiated. With the agreement of further strikes in the ECG are avoided as on Monday, in which millions of commuters and long-distance travellers were affected.

agreement with GDL is still out

However, the agreement of the track with the smaller train drivers ‘ Union GDL is yet to come. The EDC had required the GDL originally, a 7.5 percent increase in wages. In addition, the workers wanted to enforce representative for the employees, improvements in leave and working hours, as well as the company pension scheme. The railway is aiming for both the unions and comparable financial statements. Both unions together to negotiate for around 160,000 Employees.

The GDL had on Friday declared the negotiations a failure. Trade Union chief Claus Weselsky is not on the grounds that the railway wanted a negotiated contract.

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