Germany
Over 110000 public sector workers have taken part in warning strikes in the public sector in different regions in order to put pressure on the federal and local government employers to come up with a pay offer for the 2.1 million workers. Ver.di has put forward a claim for a flat-rate increase of €100 a month plus 3.5%. The next round of negotiations takes place on 20-21 March.
Read more at > ver.di (DE)
EPSU is involved in an eight-country project (digiqualpub) that is looking at the impact of digitalisation on public services and public service workers with a focus on public administration, health and electricity. The eight countries covered are: Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland and Spain. If you are from these countries then you can participate in the survey and encourage your members and other workers to complete the questionnaire which is available in all eight languages on the project website.
