Laumann: Country for collective agreement on relief at university hospitals

Created: 06/30/2022, 14:57

Employees of the nationwide university clinics demonstrate in front of the state parliament.

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The North Rhine-Westphalian Health Minister Karl-Josef-Laumann (CDU) has strengthened the university hospital employees in the recently deadlocked dispute about better working conditions.

"I made it clear from the start that I think Verdi's demand for a collective agreement to ease the burden is right.

This state government wants this recognition collective agreement to come about, ”said Laumann on Thursday in front of strikers in the state parliament after a previous meeting with representatives of the Verdi union.

Düsseldorf – Laumann also promised on behalf of the coalition before the subsequent state parliament session in Düsseldorf that the costs for areas that would not be covered by the health insurance companies would be covered, which is still disputed.

There, the governing parties of the CDU and Greens wanted to submit a motion for a resolution, said Laumann:

If there is a collective agreement, it is clear that the state, as the provider of the university hospitals, is the addressee for costs that go beyond the dual hospital financing." decisive sentence in the motion, which would be passed by both governing factions in the state parliament.

"He definitely has a majority," said Laumann.

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