Noticeable impact of the strike

German postal service

Due to strikes at Deutsche Post, millions of shipments are left behind

The Verdi union is continuing its warning strikes at Deutsche Post – with noticeable consequences: on Saturday, around three million letters were affected by the work stoppages, the group said.

That corresponds to around six percent of the average daily volume. In the case of parcels, around one million shipments are affected and thus around 15 percent of the average daily volume.

“Since the participation in the strikes varies in the individual regions and locations, they will also have different effects,” the company said. In some cases, letters and parcels could only be delivered “with a few days’ delay”. In addition to the warning strikes, “in some regions the difficult weather conditions caused by the onset of winter” caused restrictions.