The street cleaning in Munich doesn't understand the fun of the carnival finale.
Collective bargaining has reached an impasse, now there's a warning strike and the rubbish stays where it is.
The employees of the Munich street cleaning company remove almost 6,000 tons of rubbish per year - just within the Mittlerer Ring.
Some of them start their job as early as four in the morning.
At the end of the carnival, however, some rubbish should be left lying around in the old town.
The Verdi union called on street cleaning workers on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday to go on a two-day warning strike!
Munich: Street cleaning removes almost 6000 tons of garbage per year in the inner city
The background to this is the faltering collective bargaining for the 2.4 million employees in the federal public sector.
Because of the high inflation, the unions are demanding a wage increase of 10.5 percent for a period of twelve months, but at least 500 euros more per month.
Employers refuse.
Collective bargaining will resume on February 22nd.
Ole Wakulat, Verdi spokesman for street cleaning, says: "The employees in the lower wage tables are the mainstay of society and must definitely be taken into account." wouldn't exist.
This is responsible not only for the garbage disposal but also for the winter service.
Heinrich Birner, Verdi Managing Director Munich and Region, announced that the strike actions should be expanded if the employers did not "put a substantial offer on the table with which people in the expensive Munich metropolitan area could make ends meet".
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Verdi spokesman Heinrich Birner.
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Operations at Munich Airport came to a standstill on Friday.
According to Verdi boss Frank Werneke, this could only have been a foretaste of large-scale work stoppages at airports, in public transport and in daycare centers.
The civil servants' association is also threatening to expand the warning strikes.
The result of the vote on a labor dispute at Deutsche Post is also eagerly awaited.
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