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The strike began on Monday, the longest in the history of rail transport in the country German train drivers, ended Sunday as planned, although the dialogue between the public company Deutsche Bahn and GDL union remains stagnant.
The company said in a statement that there are still some disturbances in the trains and that “the goal is the complete renewal” service on Monday.
Following the appeal of drivers operating GDL, the first strike hit the freight Monday and from Tuesday to traveler. Only a third of the trains large lines circulated during the week and two thirds of regional trains and suburban.
This is the eighth call for strike GDL in less than a year, but the dialogue remains blocked between the management of Deutsche Bahn and the union, which claims the right to negotiate on behalf of other personnel before any discussion on the wage issue.
If management makes no concession “our members are willing to return to the strike, “he warned the president of GDL, Claus Weselsky, in an interview with the regional daily newspaper Saarbrücker Zeitung.
The strike however unpopular. According to a poll released Saturday by the regional daily Thüringische Landeszeitung, only 21% of respondents expressed their sympathy for the protest.
Deutsche Bahn carries 5.5 million passengers and 607,000 tons of goods a day Germany besides covering important connections in Europe.
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