Status: 09/28/2020 2:55 p.m. – NDR 1 Lower Saxony
City workers protest in Hanover.
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Around 150 employees in the city of Hanover demonstrated with banners for better working conditions and higher salaries. Their protest was the prelude to a warning strike that lasted several days in Lower Saxony, which the ver.di union had called for. Work also stopped in the vehicle registration office. “I would not register my car today,” said a ver.di spokesman about the work stoppages. Employees of the public order office and the professional fire brigade are also involved in the warning strike. From Tuesday, the union will expand the protests – then public transport will also be affected. For example, all Üstra buses and trams remain in the depots in Hanover.
VIDEO: Ver.di calls for more wages in the public sector (1 min)
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Outstanding events in Braunschweig, Salzgitter and Wolfsburg
In southern Lower Saxony, the protests begin on Tuesday, with a focus on Braunschweig, Salzgitter and Wolfsburg. According to Ver.di, among other things, the employees of the energy supplier BS-Energy are called to walk out, as well as the employees in the Salzgitter town hall and the Wolfsburg Clinic. The employees of the employment agency in Braunschweig and Salzgitter have also announced strikes. Daycare centers are not called for. According to the union, the bus drivers want to be in Wolfsburg, among others, Göttingen and Osnabrück stop their work.
Strikes at the clinic and the Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven
Ver.di also has strikes in the neighboring country Bremen announced. According to the union, actions in the Reinkenheide Clinic and at the Alfred Wegener Institute are among others Bremerhaven planned. On Thursday, cleaners in daycare centers and schools also want to stop work.
First ver.di campaigns in Verden and Lüneburg
According to ver.di, around 350 employees at the Lüneburg town hall demanded more wages in the public sector on Friday.
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The first week of warning strikes in Lower Saxony came to an end on Friday with a rally at Lüneburg City Hall. Around 350 employees had gathered on the square to demand more wages from Mayor Ulrich Mädge (SPD), as ver.di said. Mädge leads the nationwide negotiations for the Association of Municipal Employers’ Associations (VKA). Verden kicked off on Thursday. According to ver.di, up to 150 employees stopped their work there. Actions were also planned in Hildesheim.
The next round of negotiations begins at the end of October
The union calls for the nationwide 2.3 million employees in the public service of the federal government and local authorities 4.8 percent more wages, but at least an increase of 150 euros per month. The employers have not yet submitted an offer in the first two rounds of negotiations. The third round of negotiations is scheduled for October 22nd and 23rd.
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