BVG

At this point, only employees who have been with the state-owned company since 2005 or longer qualify for 36.5 hours, while everyone else does not. Verdi says this was not fair. But the BVG firmly rejects the union's demands. Their representatives say they would have to employ 1,500 additional people if Verdi's demand was implemented.

But of course not everyone shares Müller's or the Berlin Senate's opinion. For instance the Berlin Transport Authority is not enthusiastic at all. "People would…