School caretakers on warning strike, restrictions in music schools, queues at district offices: In the ongoing collective bargaining conflict, employees in the Hanseatic city have once again shown how important they are for public life.
Hamburg - A few days before the possibly decisive collective bargaining round in the public service of the federal states, city workers once again put pressure on Wednesday with warning strikes in Hamburg.
According to the Verdi service union, around 4,000 people took part in the work stoppages.
Hamburg's deputy Verdi regional manager Sieglinde Frieß spoke of a "major milestone in this labor dispute".
To the address of Hamburg's Senator for Finance, Andreas Dressel (SPD), she said: “The current tax estimate makes it clear that there is enough money.” Now it is time “to get this out too”.
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The third round of negotiations between Verdi and other employee representatives and the collective bargaining association of German states (TdL) will take place next weekend in Potsdam. In addition to better working conditions, the unions are demanding five percent more wages, but at least 150 euros per month, for public sector employees in the federal states. In addition, trainees and interns are to receive 100 euros more per month. The TdL has so far rejected the demands as unrealistic and has not yet submitted an offer.
TdL board member Dressel relies on a wage agreement in this round of negotiations.
In his view, postponing talks and a possible labor dispute would be a bad sign.
However, he emphasized that a willingness to compromise was necessary for a deal.
“That requires movement on all sides.” Frieß replied that Verdi would be happy to accept the offer of a solution to the collective bargaining conflict, “but this has to be done on an equal footing”.
At a central rally in front of the DGB building, the trade unionist drew attention to what she saw as the growing workload for public service workers.
There are around 30,000 collective bargaining employees and around 40,000 civil servants in the city, which is 30 percent less than 20 years ago, she said.
"That means you work in twos for three, that's no longer acceptable."
The union reported that the effects of the warning strike were "clearly felt" in the city.
"The district offices are affected, queues are visible, the building yards are usually closed," it said.
"The locks are only doing emergency service again, schools and school offices are staffed to a reduced extent, the school caretakers are also on strike."
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