The Verdi union is calling on employees to extend the strike on cash and valuables transport. In some federal states it should last until Wednesday.
The strike in the cash transport industry is extended. The work stoppage, which began this Monday, will continue all day on Tuesday and nationwide, the Verdi union announced. She also called on employees in some federal states to continue the strike on Wednesday.
The background is the wage and collective bargaining for around 10,000 employees in the transport of money and valuables. Even in the second round of negotiations on September 20th, the Federal Association of German Money and Valuable Services (BDGW) did not present an acceptable offer, criticizes Verdi.
Verdi wants to increase pressure on employers
“Instead, the employers stuck to their demands to worsen working conditions,” said negotiator Sonja Austermuehle. Newcomers, for example, should get fewer vacation days. Now the pressure on employers should increase before the next round of negotiations on October 17th and 18th in Munich. According to Verdi, the companies Ziemann in the banking metropolis of Frankfurt and Prosegur in nearby Neu-Isenburg are affected by the strike.
The union demands that all times exceeding eight hours per working day be paid with overtime pay. In addition, it requires a uniform holiday bonus and Christmas bonus each amounting to half of the gross monthly salary and a holiday entitlement of 31 days based on a 5-day week for all employees. In addition, Verdi is calling for significantly increasing wages – at a peak of 23 euros per hour in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony.
Employer: Wages are already relatively high
The employers’ association had already defended itself against Verdi’s criticism. Currently, the basic wage in stationary money processing nationwide is between 15.73 and a good 18 euros per hour and in money and valuables transport between 18.47 and 21.18 euros – in each case without surcharges. This means that the industry is already far away from the legal minimum wage.
Source: Stern
