Status: 02/21/2023 10:30 a.m
The union ver.di started warning strikes in the public sector in the morning. Day care centers, garbage disposal and local transport are among those affected. Rallies are taking place in several cities.
“We’re traveling all over the country once more,” ver.di said in advance. One focus of the campaigns this time is in the city and region of Hanover. The first effects were evident in the state capital in the morning during rush hour. Display boards at the stops of the Hanoverian public transport company Üstra pointed out that there were no buses and trains due to the warning strike. There are also warning strikes in municipal facilities and companies in Braunschweig, Lüneburg, Verden, Meppen and Emden as well as in the districts of Celle, Hameln-Pyrmont, Hildesheim and Leer.
ver.di expects thousands of strikers in Lower Saxony
The union expects a four-digit number of participants. Ver.di justifies its call for an all-day warning strike with the fact that the employer side has not yet submitted an offer. Around 240,000 people work in the public sector in Lower Saxony.
These facilities are on strike in some cities
- sewage works
- Employment Agency
- federal agencies
- energy supplier
- research institutions
- Job centre
- Müllabfuhr
- municipal day care centers
- community clinics
- savings banks
- state theatre
- street cleaning
- transport services
- administrations
Airports such as Hannover Airport in Langenhagen are exempted from the walkout following the warning strikes last Friday.
There are supposed to be rallies in these cities
- Braunschweig: Star march to the rally at 10 a.m. on the Schlossplatz
- That: 11 a.m. rally on the Stechbahn
- Emden: 10 a.m. rally at the station square
- Hamelin: Demo through the city center with rallies at the town hall, district hall and the savings bank/wedding house
- Hannover: Demo trains from different directions come together at 11 a.m. on Goseriedeplatz for the final rally
- Hildesheim: Demonstration procession through the city center, 10.50 a.m. final rally on the square on the lily
- Lehrte (Hannover region): Demo procession through the city center with final rally at 10.30 a.m. near the Kurt-Hirschfeld Forum
- Lueneburg: Demo procession through the city center with final rally at 11 a.m. on the market square
- Wolfsburg: Rally at 10 a.m. on City Hall Square
Union ver.di demands 10.5 percent more wages
The second round of negotiations in the collective bargaining dispute, scheduled for two days, begins in Potsdam on Wednesday. Ver.di is demanding 10.5 percent more wages and salaries, but at least 500 euros more per month, for the approximately 2.5 million public sector employees nationwide. Apprentices should receive 200 euros more per month and be taken on for an unlimited period. The third round of negotiations is already scheduled for March 27-29.
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