Strike arm in Dortmund: Massively affected civil services and night buses!

Strike arm in Dortmund: Massively affected civil services and night buses!

On March 10, 2025, the unions call to warning strikes, which primarily affect the employees of the Dortmund city administration. Citizens' services can only be reached to a limited extent this week. This affects different offices, in particular the district administrative offices in Aplerbeck, Hörde and Mengede, which remain completely closed on Monday. The central point of contact Migrado will also not be open. The district administrative offices in Hombruch and Scharnhorst can only issue cards; Dates cannot be edited there.

In addition to the restrictions in the civil services, the service telephone Doline does not remain occupied. Citizens are asked to find out about the effects of the warning strikes on doruntmund.de every day.

public transport affected

The warning strikes also affect local public transport in Dortmund. According to the information from dortmund.de Start Reinoldikirche, exposed. In addition, journeys fail on the Express bus line X13, which runs from Dortmund to Waltrop and dates. However, passengers can be reassured that the vestic journeys continue to take place.

For passengers who rely on other bus lines, restrictions can also be expected in the neighboring cities. The bus lines in Castrop-Rauxel (480, 481, 482, ne 11) and Schwerte are affected (430, 435, ne 25). The customer centers "Petrikirche", "Hörde Bahnhof" and "Castrop depot" remain closed all day on this day. For information about the current timetables, passengers should use the electronic timetable information (EFA) on bus-und-bahn.de or the DSW21 app.

context and outlook

These warning strikes in Dortmund are part of a larger nationwide movement that affects Stadtwerke, water consolidation and waste water disposal companies as well as waste incineration plants on February 20, 2025. In the Dortmund region, the Stadtwerke DEW21/Donetz, Wasserwerke Westfalen and Stadtwerke Lünen are affected. Stadtwerke Hamm and the city drainage of the Lippenverband are affected in the neighboring Hamm, the GSW Community City Works in Kamen-Bergkamen-Bönen in the district of Unna and the Fröndenberg-Wickede Stadtwerke. However, direct effects for the citizens are initially not to be expected.

The unions strive with these strikes to point out the challenges and inadequate working conditions in the public service. It remains to be seen to what extent the mobilization will be effective and what results you can achieve in the context of the ongoing collective bargaining.