Ikea blocked wage increases, found the Verdi union and called for a strike. Two federal states in the north are initially affected.
In the wage conflict that has been simmering in retail for months, the Verdi union is calling for a nationwide strike day in several Ikea furniture stores this Tuesday in Lower Saxony and Bremen.
The locations Großburgwedel, Hanover Expo-Park, Bremerhaven, Osnabrück and Braunschweig will be affected from this morning, as Verdi announced. Verdi negotiator Sabine Gatz said that Ikea is a member of the Lower Saxony collective bargaining commission and participates in the “nationwide blockade of retail companies, so that employees still lack an appropriate pay increase and appreciation for their good work”.
The strike day also sent a message in the direction of the collective bargaining negotiations taking place at the same time in North Rhine-Westphalia. “A serious, negotiable offer must finally be on the table,” she said. A strike rally is planned in front of the Großburgwedel furniture store between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Verdi is calling for retail employees to increase their wages and salaries by 4.5 percent plus 45 euros per month for all employees, 100 euros more training allowance and a minimum wage of 12.50 euros per hour over a period of 12 months.
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