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Strikes are also planned for hospitals today (archive image)
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The Ver.di union wants more money for "systemically relevant" professions and is putting pressure on the federal government and local authorities: One day before the third round in the public service dispute, tens of thousands of employees in various federal states want to go down on Wednesday.
Warning strikes have been announced in Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Bremen, Baden-Württemberg, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony, among others, the Ver.di union announced.
Depending on the region, employees of daycare centers, administrations, hospitals or garbage collectors are called on to stop working.
There had already been warning strikes in Hamburg, Berlin, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland on Monday and Tuesday, the German Association of Cities criticized this in times of the corona crisis.
The federal government and municipalities presented an offer last Friday in which they offered the almost 2.5 million employees a total of 3.5 percent more wages and salaries in three annual stages.
The unions consider this to be insufficient.
With a one-year term of the new collective agreement, you are demanding a wage and salary increase of 4.8 percent, but at least 150 euros more per month.
Seehofer: Up to 1800 euros more annually for "Heroes in Crisis"
The employers 'side was optimistic: "Due to the worsening pandemic, there is particular pressure to conclude now," said the President of the Association of Municipal Employers' Associations, Ulrich Mädge, of the "Süddeutsche Zeitung".
"I am therefore convinced that we will come to an agreement in the next round of negotiations and not need an arbitration."
Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer sees the employer's offer as recognition of the work of employees in systemically relevant professions.
"With our offer we honor what the heroes achieve in the crisis," said the CSU politician.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, employees in hospitals and care facilities can expect up to 1800 euros more per year as a result of the employer's proposal.
In Hamburg, employees of the library and museums are also on strike
In Hamburg, employees of bookhouses, museums, the trade fair and parts of the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) want to go on a warning strike on Wednesday.
During the three-day actions in the Hanseatic city, educators, among other things, stopped their work on Tuesday.
Warning strikes are also to be expected in some regions of Lower Saxony and in Bremen.
Daycare centers, council and district houses, savings banks or garbage disposal are affected.
Ver.di chairman Frank Werneke will give a speech in Hanover in the morning.
In the Brandenburg state capital Potsdam, the call for a warning strike is aimed at the employees in the administration, daycare centers and waste disposal.
In Magdeburg, employees of the city, individual daycare centers and garbage disposal want to stop work.
In Leipzig, Ver.di calls for warning strikes at the city administration, Sparkasse and city cleaning service.
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