No bus. No train. No ferry. From midnight all public transport stops in the Netherlands for 24 hours. The reason – better pensions – is well known. But what are the consequences of the strike? How come the approximately 1 million daily public transport to the job, if all public transport is flat for 24 hours? If public services get lost, there is room for the market. Different companies look smart in the strike. For example, office building manager Regus offers free flexible workspaces around Utrecht for anyone who can show a NS business card. As long as there is space. Other companies are trying to arrange private transport for their employees. Connexxion Tours, the private branch of the public transport company, has to sell "no," says one employee. "We had already rented out all ten trainers before it became clear that it would be a strike." Dutch Drivers Service, a company that delivers both cars and vans. "On the one hand, the strike is positive for us. We have booked a lot more trips to the next Tuesday compared to normal," he says. As an example, he quotes an Amsterdam company that has 1 7 employees who live around the capital busy by minibus in the morning and take home again at the end of the day. And that's just not good news, explains Schilthuis. "It is a problem for our drivers who drive customers in their customers' cars to work. They normally take the customer and the car away and then take public transport back. It is of course impossible now. We have to call all these customers to ask if the driver can get The car from the customer or can continue with a taxi paid by the customer. to arrange. For students it is different for each educational institution if the education and exam goes on. All exams have been interrupted at the University of Amsterdam. "Almost nine thousand students had an exam it the day ", says spokesman Yasha Lange." If we let the exams take place, a fairly large group of students would be captured. "In addition, according to Lange, there was enough insight there could be enough overseer. Also read: the four bottlenecks in the pension consultant . All exams and lectures take place at Radboud University (RU) in Nijmegen. "There are many who can come," says spokesman Martijn Gerritsen. "Then it is nice if there is education. And some of the students work for an exam at a certain time." For students who risk getting into trouble, the RU has created the hashtag #radboudride. This allows students and employees to request or offer a lift. Students who lack their exam due to the strike can submit an application to the degree committee for a termination. According to Gerritsen, they should consult with their teacher about their presence at the education. Jochem van Vroonhoven (20) studies European Law School at RU, lives with his parents in Eindhoven and has a primary school degree on Tuesday. His father will take him here by car. "He had to re-plan a meeting, but he thinks my studies have priority, says Van Vroonhoven. On the one hand, the student understands that the RU notes that there is enough time to arrange alternative transport, but" it causes problems for many students and is not adequately answered "Free University, Tilburg University, Leiden University and Fontys Hogeschool. Inappropriate, according to chairman Carline van Breugel." Students now pay for strike while they are not targeting them. they are about pensions. " The head office in Utrecht is right next to the central station. Many employees come daily to work by train. However, a spokesman for Rabobank in Utrecht does not expect any major problems:" We do nothing extra or different. Colleagues can carpool with other colleagues, spend a day (extra) at a local bank in the neighborhood or at home. Skype meetings are daily fares for us. " On the steel company Tata Steel in Velsen, they can have a big problem. Only on Monday will the summary procedure from Velsens municipality towards the FNV trade union refer to whether the ferry across the North Sea can stop. This is the only connection to cyclists between Tata and Velsen -South, where many employees live. Tata employs 9,000 people, of whom approximately 5,000 work in five shifts each day, because the steelworks are running continuously. Spokesman Robert Moens: "We have informed everyone about the strike and recommended that a solution be found. Riding together with colleagues for example. We have also had our own bus line since 1948 which picks up and takes the employees home. It goes from Den Helder to South Holland and Utrecht. Thousands of people use it every day. There are always some places available in these buses. If employees give up in advance, they can reserve a seat on the bus. " And if things go completely wrong, for example because of a traffic attack?" Then we ask the team that is there to work longer, we have developed emergency scenarios for that, "Moens said.
It is offering passengers with a NS Travel Card free use of its business routes in and around Utrecht when the city ’s public transport workers strike on 28 May , as part of a city - wide action .