Munich (dpa/lby) - The warning strikes in local public transport paralyzed buses and - where available - trams and subways in several Bavarian cities on Friday. The Verdi union is fighting for significantly higher wages, but also better financing of public transport. Some strikers want to take part in the Fridays for Future climate protection demonstrations, which have also been announced for Friday.
The Munich transport company has reported massive restrictions on buses for the second day in a row. The subway and tram were out of service. However, the S-Bahn, which is operated by the railway, runs here. The AVV in Augsburg reported that local transport in the city had “almost completely come to a standstill. With a few exceptions, no trams and city buses were in use.
The transport association Greater Nuremberg (VGN) is affected in several cities, but not the regional train service and the S-Bahn. According to the VGN, all vehicles remain in the depot in Nuremberg and Bamberg. In Erlangen and Fürth there were restricted strike timetables. No detailed information was available from Bayreuth in the morning, but the municipal works expected "significant restrictions".
In Regensburg, all inner-city bus routes operated by the municipal utility will be canceled all day on Friday. In Ingolstadt, the INVG expected massive failures.
Parallel to the warning strikes in public transport, warning strikes in the public sector have been announced for Friday - also by Verdi but in a different wage dispute. Among other things, the garbage disposal in Munich and the Stadtwerke Regensburg are affected. The bathrooms there, among other things, remain closed.
Also on Friday there will be climate demonstrations by Fridays for Future in more than 30 Bavarian cities.
