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Strike by nurses at the Charité in 2015
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A three-day strike by nurses and other employees has been going on at the state-owned hospitals Vivantes and Charité in Berlin since Monday morning.
The labor dispute should last until 6 a.m. on Thursday.
Further talks about an emergency service agreement with the two clinics are planned until noon, said the negotiator of the Ver.di union, Meike Jäger, on the RBB-Inforadio.
"Of course we have an interest in concluding this emergency service agreement in such a way that the workers' right to strike is preserved."
In the collective bargaining dispute, the union is fighting, among other things, for an equalization of working conditions for all employees, including in the subsidiaries.
It is also about a collective agreement that defines a minimum number of staff for wards and areas.
The employees are also calling for regulations on the equalization of burdens in the event that the collective agreement requirements are not adhered to.
In addition, employees of Vivantes subsidiaries want to receive the full collective wage of the public service.
dab / dpa