Germany’s Verdi union warns of extending strikes to Christmas

– International News – Tasnim news agency According to the German publication “Focus”, in the state of Bavaria, state public sector employees on Monday to participate in a warning strike were called Now Germany’s Verdi union has also announced that it wants to disrupt Christmas trade by expanding strikes.

Ahead of the possible end of collective bargaining for federal state public services, the German Economic Institute (IW Cologne) has discussed the consequences. He has warned about the possible conclusion of these negotiations. After two rounds of negotiations and weeks of warning strikes, employers and employees will meet in Potsdam on Thursday for a possible final round of the collective bargaining dispute, the outcome of which will be decisive.

According to IW, now Unions intend to particularly support those with lower incomes who suffer more from inflation.

After the third round of negotiations on the collective bargaining dispute in the state public sector, Verdi’s union has All employees participating in the collective bargaining in Bayern have called for a strike on Monday. Sinan Öztürk, deputy regional director of the state, said on Friday that university hospitals, universities, state theaters, tax offices, repair departments and Road maintenance and other sectors have been affected. More than 10,000 protesters are expected to attend two rallies in Munich and Erlangen.

In a collective bargaining dispute for 1.1 million civil servants across the country, Verdi’s union is demanding a 10.5 percent pay rise, but a minimum of 500 euros. More in the month. The third round of negotiations will begin on December 7 in Potsdam. The Civil Service Association has already called for the approval of a collective agreement for 1.4 civil servants. The Association for Collective Bargaining of the States (TdL), headed by Andreas Dressel of the Social Democratic Party, considers these demands to be too high and unbearable.

Recently, there have been widespread strikes in the public service sector in various German cities.

Not long ago, the German Verdi union announced the holding of large-scale strikes in the public service sector due to the failure of negotiations with employers to raise wages, which could create unpleasant conditions even at Christmas.

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