Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Wannan ya tabbatar da kansa a watan Yuni na wannan shekarar, lokacin da ma'aikatan Gabashin Berlin suka amsa da zanga-zangar kara yawan "Arbeitsnorm" ("ma'aunin aiki": yawan aikin da ake buƙata a yi a cikin wani canji). Labarin tashin hankali na 17 ga Yuni 1953
yada kamar wutar daji a fadin GDR. Kimanin masu yajin aiki 20,000 sun nuna rashin amincewa ba kawai game da ƙaruwa ba, har ma da yanayin da ake ciki a kasar. BVG Gabas ta dakatar da ayyukan U-Bahn da Deutsche Reichsbahn sun dakatar da ayyukan S-Bahn a kan iyaka a karfe 11 na safe. Jirgin kasa na yamma yanzu ya ƙare a cikin sabon kayan aikin juyawa. A duka, West Berlin BVG rasa kawai 18 jiragen kasa saboda da kyau-tunani jadawalin. An rufe sashin arewacin layin D, gami da tashoshin Voltastraße da Gesundbrunnen, waɗanda ba su da haɗi da sauran cibiyar sadarwar Yamma.