Tarifgemeinschaft der Länder stands by Evers on daycare issue

Trade union demands - Tarifgemeinschaft der Länder stands by Evers on daycare issue

Coverage for Berlin's Finance Senator Stefan Evers: Unions demand a collective bargaining agreement for better working conditions in Berlin's kindergartens - the CDU politician sees this critically and can count on the support of the Tarifgemeinschaft der Länder (TdL). The Berlin Finance Senator has made it clear that he will not put the support of the TdL and Berlin's return to the Tarifgemeinschaft der Länder at risk, and will not overload the issue with additional topics, according to TdL Chairman and Hamburg Finance Senator Andreas Dressel (SPD).

Unions Verdi and GEW are demanding negotiations and have called for another one-day warning strike on Thursday and a week-long strike if Evers does not move. Evers criticized the union calls for warning strikes at the plenary session of the state parliament two weeks ago, calling them "meaningless strikes on the backs of children and parents."

Hamburg's Finance Senator surprised

Dressel also referred to the results of the previous collective bargaining round. The TdL understood the demands of the unions for employees in the states and thus also for employees in Berlin's kindergarten cooperatives, said he. "And in addition, specifically for kindergarten employees in Berlin, on further significant financial improvements. The actions of the unions in the Berlin kindergarten cooperatives therefore surprise us all the more."

The unions are advocating for a collective bargaining agreement, in which, among other things, regulations on group sizes and compensation for burdens are to be recorded. Evers rejects this with the argument that Berlin is a member of the Tarifgemeinschaft der Länder and therefore cannot decide alone in such labor law matters.

TdL will not allow special solutions

According to the TdL statutes, TdL members may only conduct collective bargaining on a state level with the approval of the TdL. The association pursues the goal of uniform working conditions in the public service of the states.

The TdL rejects collective bargaining for individual members as well as the TdL regarding the issue of personnel measurement, however, because these are primarily organizational matters. From the perspective of the TdL, these fall under the budget or legislative authority of the state parliaments and cannot be regulated by collective bargaining.

1. The United Services Union, along with Verdi and GEW, is among those demanding a collective agreement for improved working conditions in Berlin's kindergartens.
2. The Collective agreement being proposed includes regulations on group sizes and compensation for burdens in kindergartens.
3. Stefan Evers, the Berlin Finance Senator, criticized the union calls for warning strikes, stating they are "meaningless strikes on the backs of children and parents."
4. The CDU politician sees the demand for a collective bargaining agreement critically and has the backing of the Tarifgemeinschaft der Länder (TdL).
5. Andreas DRESSSEL, the SPD member and TdL Chairman, made it clear that Berlin will not compromise its support for TdL and its return to the Tarifgemeinschaft der Länder.
6. Evers argued that as a member of the Tarifgemeinschaft der Länder, Berlin cannot decide alone on labor law matters and collectively bargain.
7. The TdL, led by Dressel, will not allow special solutions for Berlin on personnel matters, as these fall under the budget or legislative authority of the state parliaments.

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