STUTTGART (dpa-AFX) – The strike at the railway company SWEG, which has been going on since Saturday afternoon, ended on Monday afternoon for the time being. The company said it would be some time before rail traffic was running normally again. In addition, short-term work stoppages must be expected. The train drivers’ union GDL initially left open how things will continue.
The strongest effects were felt in Stuttgart on Monday, said a spokesman for SWEG. There were also restrictions in Freiburg. The spokesman reported train cancellations. All lines are affected, said a spokeswoman for SWEG Bahn Stuttgart, a subsidiary of SWEG.
The background is a collective bargaining conflict in which the GDL, according to its own statements, would like to negotiate a collective agreement for the more than 500 railway workers not only for the former Abellio Rail Baden-Württemberg (today SBS), but for the entire SWEG group. The group has a total of 1800 employees.
The SWEG rejects this and does not want to take over the SBS permanently. The Abellio daughter got into financial difficulties at the end of 2021. The company then took over the state-owned SWEG for an initial period of two years./poi/DP/mis