In the wage dispute in the public service, the Verdi union in Hamburg today called for a first full-day warning strike. Among other things, employees of the district offices, state companies, universities, schools and the social authority should participate. With this first serve, however, major restrictions on public life are not to be expected, said Hamburg's deputy Verdi chairwoman Sieglinde Frieß of the dpa.
Hamburg / Potsdam - After a kick-off rally at 12 noon in front of the trade union building not far from Hamburg Central Station, a demonstration train to the Gänsemarkt is planned, where another rally is planned for 2 p.m. Frieß expects around 500 participants. Then there is a discussion with Senator for Finance Andreas Dressel (SPD) in the local tax authority, also to be able to go into the second round of negotiations on November 1st and 2nd in Potsdam, as Frieß said.
According to the information, around 70,000 employees in Hamburg are affected by the current collective bargaining round, including around 30,000 collective bargaining employees and around 40,000 civil servants.
Nationwide, there are around 1.1 million collective bargaining employees.
There are also around 1.4 million civil servants and around one million pension recipients to whom a degree is to be transferred.
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