National day of protest over church employers' attacks on right to strike

Germany

The ver.di services union is organising a national day of action on 9 June in protest at the church employers that refuse to sign collective agreements or acknowledge workers’ right to strike. The union points out that increased competition in the health and social services sector has lead to a lowering of sector wide pay levels. Church employers have also ignored demands from the elected employee representatives on the sectoral employment committee to negotiate a collective agreement.
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