Verdi calls on companies to sign collective agreements

After two warning strikes last week, the Verdi union called on employers in the private bus industry in Rhineland-Palatinate to sign the collective agreements that had already been agreed in principle. This is a final request, said Verdi negotiator Marko Bärschneider on Wednesday. "You have to reckon with unannounced strike measures at any time, which basically would not be necessary," he told the German press agency.

Mainz - Rhineland-Palatinate have approved funding applications from the transport associations RNN, VRM and VRT to refinance tariff increases in local public transport.

The state has also made it clear that the advance payments for the collective agreements still to be signed - including one-off payments for September and October and a wage increase for November and December - are included in the funding amount now flowing, said the union representative.

The VRN transport association is expected to submit a funding application following discussions with the municipalities.

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The sixth chamber would like to know whether the storage at credit agencies such as Schufa is even permissible under data protection law and, if so, for how long.

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Overall, the cleanup is making good progress.

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According to both sides, negotiations with the Charité at the weekend went well and constructively, but talks between the Vivantes and Verdi subsidiaries ended unsuccessfully on Saturday.

Now, according to the union, the chances of rapprochement have increased.

There is further movement in the collective bargaining dispute at hospitals

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According to VAV managing director Heiko Nagel, the wage conflict is ultimately about the question: "What is the public sector willing to spend on public transport?" Dpa