Services union ver.di along with the IGBCE union organised warning strikes across all departments of the RWE energy company on 16 and 17 December. The action involved around 6,000 workers and was in protest at the management’s offer of a 2.4% pay increase plus lump sum payment. The unions argue that this is an insult in view of the company’s massive profits and they have demanded a rise of 6.5%.
Read more at > ver.di (DE)
Warning strikes over pay offer
More like this
Warning strikes win higher offer from Vattenfall
Over 7,500 employees of the Vattenfall energy company took part in a warning strike on 1 February in protest at a poor pay offer from the company and threats to undermine existing pay and conditions agreements. Following the strike ver.di and the other unions managed to secure a 3.9% pay increase backdated to 1 January 2008 and a commitment from the company not to attack any existing negotiated rights and entitlements. The unions also secured a preferred 12-month agreement rather than a longer term deal. [Read more at > ver.di-Vattenfall (DE)->https://vattenfall-bb.verdi.de/data/tarifinfo_ve
Union plans warning strikes as employers fail to make offer
The first round of negotiations covering federal and municipal workers took place on 26 February with the employers' side failing to make a concrete offer. Around a 150 public service workers provided a noisey welcoming committee to the participants, underlining their demand for a 6% pay increase, with a minimum of EUR 200 a month. Services union ver.di stressed that it would be pushing hard for the 6% rise arguing that public service workers should benefit from the current economic situation - the most positive for some 20 years. The union said it would be planning to organise warning strikes
Over 110000 take part in warning strikes
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)