Tariffs - Unions call for strikes ahead of negotiations
Shortly before further talks in the wage dispute for the public sector of the federal states, trade unions want to increase the pressure today in Lower Saxony. "The third round of negotiations is just around the corner, but the employers won't budge an inch," said Stefan Störmer from the Education and Science Union, which is calling for an all-day warning strike together with other unions.
In Hanover, a short rally is planned at Schützenplatz (10.00 a.m.) before several speeches by union representatives are planned at Opernplatz (11.45 a.m.) after further actions. The wage dispute concerns the salaries of around 1.1 million employees nationwide. Around 1.4 million civil servants, to whom the result is usually transferred, would also be affected.
The unions are demanding 10.5 percent more income for employees in the public sector of the federal states, but at least 500 euros more per month. Junior staff are to receive 200 euros more and trainees are to be taken on indefinitely.
In the second round of negotiations at the beginning of November, the Tarifgemeinschaft deutscher Länder made it clear that it considered the demands to be far too high and unaffordable. After two rounds of negotiations and weeks of warning strikes, employers and employees will meet this Thursday (December 7) in Potsdam for a possible final round in the wage dispute.
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Source: www.stern.de
