Strike Started in Germany

Ver. di, one of the largest unions in the country and representing 2.5 million employees, and EVG, the Railway Employees Union representing 230,000 employees, went on strike. As a result of these strikes, disruptions are expected in public transport, railways, and airlines, including urban transport, across the country.
 
With the start of the strikes, 49 flights of Turkish Airlines (THY), which were planned to be made to various cities in Germany, including Hamburg, Bremen, Hannover, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Nuremberg, and Cologne, were canceled. Flight cancellations are expected to continue as the strike continues.
 
The unions in question said in a statement that the calls for strikes were made after no progress was made in the negotiations. Give. The di union negotiates on behalf of approximately 2.5 million employees in the public sector, including public transport and airports. The EVG union is negotiating for its approximately 230,000 members working at Deutsche Bahn and municipal transport companies.
 
In Germany, the inflation rate in February increased by 9.3 percent compared to February a year ago. On top of that, the union member employees demanded a wage increase. When a compromise could not be reached in the talks, the employees of the public transport and airports, who are members of the union in question, went on strike across the country demanding better wages against high inflation.
 
Ver. di union wants a wage increase of 10.5 percent or at least 500 Euros for its employees in the face of unusually high inflation in Germany. The EVG union, on the other hand, is demanding a 12 percent increase in wages of employees or at least 650 Euros per month.
 
 
 
Source: https://tr.euronews.com/2023/03/27/workers-in-germany-against-high-inflation-with-better-wage-demand-strike?utm_source=Bundle&utm_campaign=feeds_news&utm_medium=referral?utm_campaign= Bundle&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=Bundle