Industrial-action tracker StrikeTracker reports that the two-day warning strike planned for 12-13 November at SWEG’s bus and regional-rail operations in Baden-Württemberg has been cancelled after last-minute talks between the public-sector union ver.di and the state-owned operator. Services are returning to normal from Friday afternoon. The stand-down spares corporate shuttles that rely on SWEG feeder lines to hubs such as Freiburg and Offenburg, as well as cross-border connections into France’s Grand Est. Travellers should still check real-time apps: trains may run with gaps until drivers and conductors are fully redeployed. StrikeTracker shows no airport or airline strikes active in Germany today, 13 November, and none newly scheduled for the next 30 days. The only ongoing action is a low-impact tram-train stoppage by the train-drivers’ union GDL in Saarbrücken, which continues in waves until 24 December. Lufthansa and Fraport have issued routine advisories but expect normal weekend operations. For mobility managers the cancellation removes the need for contingency taxis or hotel re-routing in south-west Germany. However, they should note that exploratory pay talks resume on 26 November; a breakdown could trigger fresh strike notices with just 48 hours’ warning. Companies with strict production windows should keep alternative transport providers on standby. The episode underscores the benefit of live strike-monitoring tools: on Thursday morning SWEG published revised timetables cutting 60 percent of departures; by evening these were retracted. Employers are reminded to use dynamic traveller-tracking systems so they can push notifications when industrial actions are withdrawn as well as when they escalate.
Source: StrikeTracker
