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Angry warning strike at Regensburg University Hospital - "We are burned out and at the limit"

2021-11-17T13:51:45.350Z


A good 400 employees at the Regensburg University Hospital took part in the nationwide Verdi warning strikes. The criticism of the policy is clear.


A good 400 employees at the Regensburg University Hospital took part in the nationwide Verdi warning strikes.

The criticism of the policy is clear.

Regensburg - “Not at the wrong end, Spahn.” “Take care of your knees!” “The care team claps back, but no applause.” Loud whistles, boos, expressions of displeasure.

People are mad - that much is clear.

Around 400 employees at the Regensburg University Hospital * responded to the Verdi union's call for a warning strike * on Tuesday (November 16).

You want to increase the pressure on the employer side in the current collective bargaining round.

Even after three rounds of talks, she did not submit an offer.

Regensburg: Strike at the University Hospital - "Nursing has been hit against the wall for years."

The union is demanding a flat rate of 300 euros more for all professional groups at the hospitals. "We are worth it" is the chanting in front of the main entrance when, among others, the specialist nurse Maren Meyer, standing on one of the metal benches, speaks to the strikers. The demand for more salary is important. But it is about much more than just that. The health system has been "hit the wall for years".

This was known long before the corona pandemic *, but is now even more evident.

Instead of financing the clinics via flat-rate per case, for example, needs-based equipment is required, is a well-known demand from the union.

Overall, the care profession must be made more attractive apart from the salary.

Medical care would be maintained too much on the workers' backs.

"But we are now burned out and at the limit."

Regensburg: 18 months Corona - "This will not leave anyone behind without a trace."

18 months of Corona would have left clear traces. “If we put the corona dead in the body bags and have to drive to the morgue, then that does something to you. That leaves no one without a trace. ”Meyer describes it as a“ slap in the face of the employees ”that there is still no offer from the collective bargaining community of the federal states on the table, in fact, that there is“ no need at all for such a thing ". Boos in the direction of employers, applause and whistles accompany Meyer's speech. Colleagues also stand at the windows of the clinic and listen.

The management of the university hospital had apparently tried in advance to prevent some of the staff from participating in the strike.

This is how Verdi secretary Karin Wagner describes it.

Shortly before the warning strike, the emergency service plan had been switched to in order to prevent the stoppage of work.

“That is not legal”, criticizes Wagner and announces: “We will be here again next week.

With even more people. "

Regensburg: Strike at the university hospital - the staff is becoming increasingly scarce

Wagner sees the fact that various media have raised the question of why there are strikes in the middle of the “fourth wave” as a reversal of responsibilities.

After all, politicians “saw the situation” evoked - at the expense of the employees.

It is now at the latest to reorganize and set up the care.

While a day of strike can be easily absorbed by postponing treatments, medical care is on the verge of collapse.

More and more staff no longer accept the situation, says a nurse.

She can understand that more and more people are changing jobs, even if that means more work for those who are left behind.

Because there are hardly any offspring at the moment.

Regensburg: Strikers receive prominent support

The strikers also get support from Professor Dr. Hans Schlitt, the head of surgery at the university hospital. He's not really a big fan of strikes, he says. “But here, I think, that's extremely important and right.” He experiences first hand how the colleagues have been working hard and often beyond that for months. "One of many current problems is that corona patients are often in the intensive care unit for several weeks," said the doctor. This significantly increases medical needs and demands capacities that would then be lacking elsewhere.

The fact that currently around 98 percent of corona patients in intensive care units are still unvaccinated leaves him with incomprehension about vaccination skeptics.

In the end, this is at the expense of other people - other patients and the nursing staff.

* Merkur.de / bayern is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA

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Source: merkur

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