Parents in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland must expect warning strikes in daycare centers this week as well. The Verdi and GEW unions have called for work stoppages in social and educational services. A number of municipalities are affected.
Wednesday and Thursday strikes in the Palatinate
The Palatinate will start on Wednesday and Thursday: For Dudenhofen, Frankenthal, Kaiserslautern, Landau, Ludwigshafen, Neuhofen, Pirmasens, Speyer, Schifferstadt, Worms and Zweibrücken, Verdi expects a total of 600 to 700 participants in actions – and other municipalities could join the warning strikes connect. The union asks the parents for their understanding and recommends that they inquire at their respective facility whether it is also affected by the strike and will remain closed. A demonstration through the city center is planned for Wednesday in Ludwigshafen.
For Thursday, the GEW union is calling for all-day work stoppages in the Rhineland-Palatinate municipalities and at the Protestant Church of the Palatinate. The central rally of the GEW takes place in Kirchheimbolanden.
Thursday and Friday: Strikes in Trier and Saarland
Also on Thursday and Friday, according to Verdi, employees in a total of around 160 facilities in the Trier area and in Saarland let the work rest. In addition, there will be demonstrations in Saarbrücken on Thursday.
The background to this is the wage dispute between the trade unions and the union of municipal employers’ associations. The nationwide wage negotiations are to be continued on May 16th and 17th in Potsdam. Verdi and the GEW are calling for improvements in working conditions, measures to counter the shortage of skilled workers and a higher classification of employees. Nationwide, the collective agreement affects around 330,000 people.
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