Employer: No offer in the collective bargaining dispute before the negotiation

Even before the third round of negotiations in the civil service dispute in Potsdam, the employers do not want to submit an offer.

Verdi expects "several thousand" demo participants at a large rally on Thursday in front of the Düsseldorf state parliament.

Düsseldorf - Even before the third round of negotiations in the collective bargaining dispute in the public service of the federal states, the employers do not want to make a concrete offer to the unions.

A spokesman for the Lower Saxony Ministry of Finance told the German Press Agency on Wednesday.

Lower Saxony's finance minister, Reinhold Hilbers, will be the negotiator for the collective bargaining association of German states (TdL) on November 27th and 28th in Potsdam.

Hilbers sees "on both sides the will to an agreement," said his spokesman.

There had been "constructive talks" in the two rounds of negotiations that had so far been unsuccessful.

However, when it comes to details, the federal states and unions are still different.

Meanwhile, the warning strikes in North Rhine-Westphalia and other federal states continued.

On Wednesday, hundreds of employees in North Rhine-Westphalia at the university hospitals in Bonn and Düsseldorf, the Ruhr University Bochum, the State Statistical Office (IT.NRW), the Düsseldorf district government and the prison hospital in Fröndenberg / Ruhr stopped work.

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For this Thursday, the unions called for a central rally and demonstration in front of the Düsseldorf state parliament. According to information on Wednesday, the United Services Union Verdi is expecting "several thousand" participants on the Landtagswiese. With this, the unions want to increase the pressure on the employers' side to "give up their blockade and come back to the negotiating table with a real offer".

At the mass rally, Verdi boss Frank Werneke and the federal chairman of the Federal Office of Civil Servants (dbb), Ulrich Silberbach, are expected to speak at around 1 p.m.

Verdi announced that due to the increasingly sensitive corona situation, protesters will be required to wear mouth and nose protection, even though the event is taking place outdoors.

In addition, markings and employees should ensure that the distances between the demonstrators are maintained.

Verdi calls for an income increase of five percent for employees in the public service of the federal states, but at least 150 euros for a term of one year.

The wages and salaries in the health care system are supposed to increase by 300 euros per month, the training allowances by 100 euros.

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