Social and child care workers vote for new pay deal

Germany

Members of the ver.di services union working in childcare and other social services have voted with a majority of 57.2% to accept a pay deal with between €93 and €138 a month for childcare workers and €30-€80 a month for other care workers. Ver.di sees this as a first step in tackling the structural gender pay gap that depresses pay for occupations dominated by women. In the summer the workers had rejected the proposals from an arbitration committee and further strike action seemed likely. However, the VKA public sector employers' organisation agreed to some improvements to the proposal of the arbitrators. The increases will be backdated to 1 July.
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