Overview

• The Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) and the Verdi union have entered a mediation process to resolve a wage dispute affecting 16,600 employees.
• A strike pause is in effect until April 10, 2025, while the mediation process is underway, following five warning strikes since January.
• Former state premiers Matthias Platzeck and Bodo Ramelow, with a history of resolving major labor conflicts, have been appointed as mediators.
• Verdi is demanding a €750 monthly wage increase, which BVG has rejected as unaffordable, proposing a staged €375 increase over two years instead.
• Despite the mediation, Verdi is proceeding with a member vote on indefinite strikes, with results expected by early April.