For more wages and more staff – nurses and other hospital workers are going on strike in Berlin. Predictable operations were initially canceled.
At the state-owned hospitals Vivantes and Charité in Berlin, the three-day strike by nurses and other employees has been going on since Monday morning.
Further talks about an emergency service agreement with the two clinics are planned until noon, said the negotiator of the Verdi union, Meike Jäger, in the morning on the RBB information radio. “Of course we have an interest in concluding this emergency service agreement in such a way that the workers’ right to strike is preserved.” The employers are not prepared to cancel predictable operations if there is a high level of willingness to strike.
In the wage dispute, the union is fighting, among other things, for an equalization of working conditions for all employees, including in the subsidiaries. It is also about a collective agreement that defines a minimum number of staff for wards and areas. It should also contain regulations on the equalization of burdens in the event that these collective bargaining requirements are not complied with. In addition, employees of Vivantes subsidiaries want to receive the full collective wage of the public service.
Both Vivantes and Charité have canceled planned interventions. A rally is planned from 10.30 a.m. in front of the Vivantes headquarters in Reinickendorf. The labor dispute is expected to last until 6:00 a.m. on Thursday.
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