Tariffs - Next warning strike by educators and teachers in Berlin
Due to another warning strike, some parents in Berlin will once again have to look for alternative childcare options for their children on Wednesday and Thursday. The trade unions Verdi and GEW have called on all employees covered by the collective agreement of the federal states to take part in the two-day industrial action. Around one in five children in Berlin's daycare centers attends a municipal facility and could therefore be affected by the warning strike.
Educators and teachers in schools, university employees and social workers in youth, health and social services offices are also to strike again. The police union (GdP) is also taking part in the action. The unions have called on the strikers to gather at Ernst-Reuter-Platz in Berlin at 8.45 am.
The background to this is the current wage dispute in the public sector of the federal states. No agreement has been reached in the previous rounds of negotiations. Negotiations are taking place nationwide, with the next round of negotiations planned for Thursday and Friday in Potsdam. In this context, the unions have repeatedly drawn attention to their demands with warning strikes in Berlin in recent weeks.
Among other things, the unions are demanding a 10.5 percent pay rise, but at least 500 euros per month for a collective agreement period of twelve months. For trainees, the increase should amount to 200 euros. For Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen, the unions are also demanding a city-state bonus of 300 euros.
Verdi warning strike call
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- The United Services Union, along with Verdi and GEW, represents educators and teachers across various federal states in Germany, including Berlin, and they are all participating in the upcoming warning strike.
- Some parents in Berlin's Kindergartens might need to make alternative childcare arrangements for their children on Wednesday and Thursday due to the warning strike by the Kindergarten teachers, who are members of Verdi and GEW.
- The Federal states' administration should be aware that schools, universities, social services offices for youth, health, and social services, and even the police union (GdP) have joined the two-day industrial action initiated by the GEW and Verdi in the heart of Berlin, at Ernst-Reuter-Platz.
- In the ongoing wage dispute in Germany's public sector, trade unions like GEW and Verdi have been demanding higher tariffs for educators, teachers, and social workers, including trainees, and even city-state bonus pay for workers in Berlin, Hamburg, and Bremen.
- The Kindergarten teachers' union, GEW, has issued another warning strike call, urging its members in Berlin to gather at Ernst-Reuter-Platz, adding to the growing series of warning strikes the union has held in recent weeks in the city as part of its wage dispute with the federal states' administration.
Source: www.stern.de
