Hanover/Bremen – On Monday, the trade union ver.di called on employees in the money and valuables sector in Lower Saxony and Bremen to go on a warning strike. The walkout began as planned with the start of the first shifts, a spokesman for the union said early Monday morning. Eight companies are on strike.
According to the union, the warning strike will last two days. A central rally is planned for Tuesday in Hanover. The ver.di spokesman reckoned with 250 to 300 participants.
The reason for the walkout is the current collective bargaining for around 11,000 employees nationwide in the money and valuables sector. The next round of negotiations is scheduled to begin on July 6. The ver.di trade union is demanding higher hourly wages of between EUR 16.19 and EUR 20.60 and an increase in gross wages of up to eleven percent for company employees.
The employers, in turn, said they had offered “effective hourly basic wage increases” of between 10.75 and 13.7 percent, depending on the region, in two steps over a period of 22 months.
The companies in the money and security industry are responsible for supplying ATMs with cash, for example. The union therefore recommended citizens to provide themselves with sufficient cash as a precaution.
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