[News] Because of wages.. a new strike on German railways next week

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The German railway union EVG announced Thursday a new 50-hour strike that will start Sunday and end on Tuesday, as talks with Deutsche Bahn and 50 other companies in the rail sector over wage increases continue without progress. .

The strike is scheduled to start at 20:00 GMT, Sunday, and end at 22:00 GMT, Tuesday.

The strike would be the latest in a wave of strikes in several European countries as the cost of living crisis drains income.

The EVG railway union said the new strike was "inevitable" due to the very slow progress in talks.

Deutsche Bahn expressed its dissatisfaction with this step, describing it as "disproportionate", as it tried to meet some of the union's demands and raised the proposed wages.

This follows a nationwide strike by railway workers in April that paralyzed trains, and coincides with strikes at German airports announced by members of another union.

The union, which is negotiating on behalf of 230,000 employees, including 180,000 at Deutsche Bahn, seeks to raise wages by 12 percent, or increase them by at least 650 euros ($715) per month.

Deutsche Bahn proposed an increase of ten percent for low- and medium-wage workers, and eight percent for high-wage workers, with the implementation of these increases in stages.

On Thursday, coordinated inflation data in Germany slowed to 7.6 percent on an annual basis in April, compared to 7.8 percent in March, according to data from the German Federal Statistical Office.

The monthly Harmonized CPI also slowed sharply to 0.6%, compared to a rise of 1.1% in March.

The German Minister of Economy, Robert Habeck, had confirmed in previous statements that the rate of inflation in Germany has passed the peak stage, and it is expected to decline gradually with the decline in energy price increases.

Source: Sky News Arabia

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