Tariff dispute: Verdi desires to strike the Elbe tunnel – the operator goes to court docket | EUROtoday

Due to a warning strike by the Verdi union, a visitors chaos threatens on the A7 motorway in Hamburg and within the metropolis heart. The Verdi commerce union known as up the staff of the tunnel working heart from Thursday, 6 p.m. to Friday 10 a.m. The workers of the Othmarschen and Stillhorn, the North Traffic Center and the Heidenkampsweg department and the Heidenkampsweg department have been additionally known as for a full -day warning strike on Friday.

This may result in the truth that not solely the Elbe tunnel, but in addition on the A7 the masking and stellen in addition to within the metropolis heart of the Wallring and Krohnstiegt tunnel should be blocked. A visitors chaos could be the possible consequence.

Autobahn GmbH, because the operator of the Elbe tunnel, due to this fact goes legally towards the deliberate warning strike within the tunnel enterprise heart on the Elbe tunnel. She considers the strike to be disproportionate and sees appreciable risks for public safety and the circulation of visitors on the necessary A7-north-south axis and all through the town, the corporate stated.

A strike within the delicate space of ​​the A7 tunnel chain would trigger huge visitors disruptions and create doubtlessly harmful conditions for street customers. “That is why Autobahn GmbH of the federal government is in a judicial examination of Verdi because of the planned work resignation.”

During the warning strike of the tunnel specialists, an emergency service settlement that ensures the safety of the working expertise, however not the common operation of visitors monitoring, Verdi defined. Autobahn GmbH has undertaken to avert risks within the occasion of a strike on account of appropriate shut-off and diversion measures.

Verdi requires the staff within the federal public service and the municipalities, amongst different issues, a tariff improve within the quantity of eight %, however at the very least 350 euros extra monthly, in addition to three extra free days. Employers rejected these claims as inconceivable.