In this struggle, train drivers confront not only the management of national carrier Deutsche Bahn and the government, but the leadership of their own union who are doing everything to prevent an all-out strike.
The Rail Action Committee writes that In order to enforce train drivers’ demands and prevent the GDL executive board from selling out the strike, an indefinite full strike is necessary.
The second nationwide warning strike by train drivers belonging to the GDL union brought long-distance, regional and suburban rail services to an almost complete standstill on Friday.
The policy of “social partnership” has turned all trade unions into an auxiliary police force for the corporations and government. What the GDL union sells as a clever ploy to wrest higher wages for train drivers in the face of staff shortages actually amounts to dividing rail workers.