Judge prohibits treinstaking NS-staff on Friday morning – NU.nl

That has particularly to do with security risks, turns out Thursday from the ruling in the interlocutory proceeding that the NS is brought. The drivers and conductors may until the 6th of January no work stoppages.

The court is not justified if large groups of people because of a strike at the stations would collect. The NS stressed during the case that there are fewer police officers can be deployed, because they all need to be present at large events.

the train Drivers and conductors who are members of a trade union VVMC wanted Friday morning from the beginning of their services until 11.00 o’clock in the morning came to a halt. It came to staff with a location in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Hoofddorp.

Major impact

The NS feared “a major impact in the country” as the strike through was allowed to go. It would be the largest treinstaking since 2001.

“This ruling is good news for our travelers. Otherwise, they had tomorrow great inconvenience experienced’, the NS Thursday in a comment. The company says with the trade unions on this subject to keep talking.

Director Wim Eilert of VVMC calls the ruling disappointing. He could not say whether the union a strike at a later time will prepare. “First We go to the pronunciation study. In any case, we are going to fight for good work. We are always willing to talk and throw the door not close”, says Eilert.

VVMC and the NS negotiating for months about the so-called work packages. Also on Wednesday was discussed, but this has, according to the lawyer of the trade union yielded nothing. “We’re at an impasse where we can’t get out of it”, says the lawyer.

Dissatisfied

The staff is dissatisfied, because there is too little variation would sit in the number of routes that they may travel. This would make them during the work, and less attentive.

The NS acknowledges that the schedules need to be adjusted, but takes a strike are premature. The company works to say that all hard to improvements, which in april 2017 to be implemented. In november, the grates, at the insistence of the staff, but also already partially adapted.

early

VVMC is the only trade union that a strike has called. Other unions like the NS promised improvements to wait and see.

The court concludes, therefore, that the announced strike too early, because the NS with trade unions in a conversation about improvements. In addition, the trade union is not clear enough an ultimatum to the NS.

By: NU.nl