Two weeks ago: fewer starts, but still long queues
There were only 85 starts and therefore few passengers during the five-hour strike two weeks ago. But the effects of the work stoppages were also clearly noticeable and visible back then: just three checkpoints were manned because, according to union information, around 200 SGM employees had taken part in the strike. Even when all the locks were open again, the queues of passengers sometimes stretched outside.
Verdi district of Rosenheim: strikes at daycare centers and garbage disposal
There is also a strike today in the Verdi district of Rosenheim, which includes six districts in south-eastern Upper Bavaria: Altötting, Mühldorf, Traunstein, Berchtesgadener Land, Rosenheim and Miesbach. A union rally is currently taking place on Max-Josefs-Platz in Rosenheim. Beforehand, around 1,000 participants had marched loudly through the city center with whistles, ratchets and posters.
The warning strike includes building yard employees, staff from municipal hospitals and day care centers, from city administrations and municipal cultural institutions. The participants in the Rosenheim rally came from places like Traunstein and Bad Reichenhall. All continue to say that they are very willing to go on strike and are demanding more money, more recognition and improvements for the next generation or in the respective training occupations.
Main Franconia: Strike only at Würzburg waste-to-energy plant
In Mainfranken strikes in the public sector are unlikely to happen today. According to Verdi district manager Marietta Eder, no strikes are planned in the public sector in the Schweinfurt region, in the Würzburg-Aschaffenburg region only a strike has been called for the Würzburg waste-to-energy plant, as the Verdi district announced on BR24 request.
Nuremberg: teachers on the street
According to the initiators, more than 2,500 people took part in the warning strike with a demonstration and rally in Nuremberg, which was called for by the Bavarian Teachers’ Association and the dbb civil servants’ association and tariff union.
Before the last planned round of collective bargaining at the beginning of next week, the interest groups for public sector employees called for an increase in wages by 10.5 percent or at least 500 euros over a period of twelve months. In addition, the training, student and internship fees are to increase by 200 euros and trainees are to be taken on for an unlimited period. For female federal civil servants, they are demanding a transfer of this volume and a reduction in the 41-hour week.
The alibi offer that Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) and the President of the municipal employers Karin Welge presented in the last round would have even meant real wage losses for the employees in view of the high inflation. “This is not only disrespectful towards the employees and their performance, especially in these crisis years, it is also short-sighted in view of the already blatant shortage of staff,” says dbb tariff boss Volker Geyer.
