Union welcomes court ruling over right to strike in church sector

Ver.di is pleased that a regional labour court has ruled in favour of the right to strike for workers employed by church organisations. The churches are significant employers in the health and social services sector and a protestant church organisation had tried to get strike action outlawed by arguing that it had a special status and was not party to normal collective bargaining. Ver.di pointed out that if church managers act like any other employer in using agency workers, outsourcing services and putting pressure on wages then it was the right of their employees to use their right to strike to defend their terms and conditions.
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