The ver.di services union is organising a week of action up to 31 January in the Helios and Rhön group of health companies. The combined company employs around 70000 workers but is in the process of selling off 75 of Rhön's clinics and other institutions. Ver.di wants to negotiate an agreement to protect jobs and pay and conditions. It wants to ensure that workers don't face further work intensification or outsourcing to companies with worse pay and conditions. The union also wants to see training provision maintained, job offers to trainees and a commitment to no compulsory redundancies before the end of 2018.
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