The employees of the German telecommunications company are on strike

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Focus” publication, in the collective bargaining dispute with “Deutsche Telekom”, the Verdi service union increases the pressure on employers. Verdi’s union announced on Friday that for the first time, nationwide warning strikes will be held on two consecutive days next week. Therefore, these strikes will be held on Monday and Tuesday. He didn’t know.

Verdi’s union is currently negotiating for 70,000 Deutsche Telekom employees across the country, demanding 12 percent more pay and at least €400 a month more for it is them According to the wish of this union, the term of the new collective agreement should be one year. The collective bargaining is supposed to continue on the 13th and 14th of May.

According to Verdi union, the wage increase offered by the employers is very low and the contract period A total of 27 months is too long.

According to the Verdi union, around 12,000 workers across the country recently participated in warning strikes last Monday. “Our colleagues are highly motivated and determined to implement their legitimate demands,” explained Pascal Ruckert, Verdi’s labor disputes leader. He announced that the days of future warning strikes will be marked by more participation than before.

Recently, widespread strikes in various parts of Germany protesting working conditions and wages.

The Verdi union also called for warning strikes in retail stores in Leipzig last Thursday. Employees at various Kaufland branches, Aldi, H&M, Primark and Netto employees from the Leipzig-Northachsen and Chemnitz-Zwickau regions have been asked to do so, the Verdi union said on Thursday. The call was prompted by a labor union complaining of a shortage of skilled retail workers on Labor Day on May 1.

Similar strikes in recent months. Among other things, it has been held in the public transportation, medical staff, post office and other departments in such a way that some experts have named 2024 as the year of historic strikes in this country due to the wave of strikes.

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