Past Strikes in Germany
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30 Sep – 4 Oct 2026
Schleswig-Holstein: five-day bus strike from 30 September 2026 called off after pay deal (Kiel, Lübeck, Flensburg, Neumünster)
🚌⛴️ Canceled 30 Sep – 2 Oct 2026Baden-Württemberg: SWEG bus and local rail strike from 30 September to 2 October 2026 (ver.di)
🚂🚌🏫 Ended Fri 25 Sep 2026Karlsruhe region: AVG S-Bahn warning strike from 25 September 03:00 to 26 September 04:00 2026 (ver.di)
🚂🚊 Ended Fri 25 Sep 2026Hannover region: regiobus warning strike on Friday 25 September 2026 (ver.di, all day)
🚌 Ended Mon 21 Sep 2026Schleswig-Holstein: municipal bus strike in Kiel, Lübeck, Flensburg and Neumünster on 21 September 2026
🚌⛴️ Ended 14 – 15 Sep 2026Baden-Württemberg: SWEG regional bus warning strike on 14–15 September 2026 (second wave)
🚌🏫 Ended Tue 15 Sep 2026Hannover region: regiobus sprintH express bus strike on 15 September 2026 (05:00–09:30)
🚌 Ended 9 Jul – 12 Sep 2026Saarbrücken: Saarbahn S1 tram-train strike waves from 9 July 2026
🚂🚊 Ended 9 – 10 Sep 2026Baden-Württemberg: SWEG regional bus warning strike on 9–10 September 2026
🚌 Ended 9 – 10 Sep 2026Baden-Württemberg: SWEG Bus regional warning strike on 9–10 September 2026
🚌 Ended 8 – 9 Sep 2026Kiel, Lübeck, Flensburg, Neumünster: city bus warning strike on 8–9 September 2026
🚌 Ended 8 – 9 Sep 2026Schleswig-Holstein: Municipal bus operators warning strike on 8–9 September 2026
🚌⛴️ Ended 2 – 6 Jul 2026Saarbrücken: Saarbahn rail strike from 2 to 6 July 2026
🚂 Ended 3 – 4 Jul 2026Berlin and Brandenburg: Retail and wholesale trade strike from 3 to 4 July 2026
Ended Fri 3 Jul 2026Germany: Retail and wholesale trade warning strike on 3 July 2026
Ended 15 Apr – 24 Jun 2026Berlin: Vivantes subsidiary staff on all-out strike for equal pay, 15 April to 24 June 2026
🏥 Ended 17 – 18 Jun 2026Cologne: WDR and ARD Beitragsservice strike on 17–19 June 2026 (02:00–02:00)
Ended Thu 18 Jun 2026Munich: BR public broadcaster strike on 18 June 2026
Ended 17 – 18 Jun 2026Hamburg and Bremerhaven: Port workers’ strike on 17–18 June 2026
Ended Thu 18 Jun 2026Hamburg: NDR public broadcaster strike on 18 June 2026
Ended 17 – 18 Jun 2026Baden‑Württemberg/Rhineland‑Palatinate: SWR public broadcaster strike on 17–18 June 2026
Ended 15 – 16 Jun 2026Baden-Württemberg (Freiburg, Heidelberg, Tübingen, Ulm): University hospitals strike on 15–16 June 2026
🏥 Ended 13 – 15 Jun 2026Saarbrücken: Saarbahn tram-train strike on 13–15 June 2026
🚊 Ended 10 – 11 Jun 2026Saarbrücken: Saarbahn tram-train strike on 10–11 June 2026 (03:20–03:20)
🚊 Ended Wed 10 Jun 2026Germany: Outpatient doctors’ nationwide stoppage on 10 June 2026 widens as BDI joins
Ended 8 – 9 Jun 2026North Rhine-Westphalia: WDR and Beitragsservice 24-hour strike on 8–9 June 2026 (02:00–02:00)
Ended 4 – 6 Jun 2026Germany: Retail and wholesale warning strikes on 4–6 June 2026
Ended 21 – 22 May 2026Wolfsburg: WVG bus strike on 21–22 May 2026
🚌 Ended 21 – 22 May 2026Delmenhorst: DELBUS bus strike on 21–22 May 2026
🚌 Ended 21 – 22 May 2026Hildesheim: SVHI city bus strike on 21–22 May 2026
🚌 Ended Fri 22 May 2026Mainz: Retail and logistics strike on 22 May 2026
Ended 21 – 22 May 2026Braunschweig: BSVG bus and tram strike on 21–22 May 2026
🚌🚊 Ended 21 – 22 May 2026Lüchow-Dannenberg: LSE bus strike on 21–22 May 2026
🚌 Ended 19 – 21 May 2026Germany: Deutsche Telekom strike on 19–21 May 2026
Ended 20 – 21 May 2026Hannover: ÜSTRA and regiobus public transport strike on 20–21 May 2026
🚌🚊 Ended Wed 20 May 2026Rhineland-Palatinate/Saarland: Deutsche Telekom strike on 20 May 2026
Ended 19 – 20 May 2026Göttingen: GöVB city bus strike on 19–20 May 2026
🚌 Ended 18 – 19 May 2026Baden-Württemberg: University hospitals strike on 18–19 May 2026
🏥 Ended Mon 18 May 2026Darmstadt: HEAG mobilo/mobiBus bus and tram strike on 18 May 2026
🚌🚊 Ended 15 – 16 May 2026Osnabrück: SWO Mobil MetroBus strike on 15–16 May 2026
🚌 Ended Fri 15 May 2026Germany: ver.di calls nationwide retail warning strikes on 15 May 2026
Ended Wed 13 May 2026Germany: ver.di calls first warning strikes in retail in Lower Saxony and Bremen on 13 May 2026
Ended Wed 13 May 2026Germany: ver.di calls one-day warning strike at Sana Hospital Templin on 13 May 2026
🏥 Ended 11 – 12 May 2026Germany: ver.di calls Deutsche Telekom workers to strike on 11 and 12 May 2026 across 15 states
Ended Thu 7 May 2026Germany: ver.di expands Deutsche Telekom strike on 7 May 2026 to twelve federal states
Ended 30 Apr – 4 May 2026Germany: Postbank‑tariff workers to strike on 30 April, 2 May and 4 May 2026
Ended Thu 30 Apr 2026Germany: ver.di calls Deutsche Telekom staff to strike on 30 April 2026 across several states
Ended Wed 29 Apr 2026Saxony-Anhalt regional public transport: ver.di announces all-day strike on 29 April 2026
🚌🚊 Ended 20 – 21 Apr 2026Lower Saxony public transport workers announce two-day warning strike for April 20–21
🚌🚊 Ended 15 – 18 Apr 2026Saxony regional bus workers announce rolling warning strikes April 15–18, 2026
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