In the cash-in-transit industry it’s about more money and better vacation regulations for employees. According to Verdi, warning strikes shortly before the weekend could affect the cash supply.
According to the Verdi union, cash could become scarce at ATMs in the coming days. The reason is a two-day warning strike nationwide in the cash transport industry shortly before the weekend.
Since early morning, employees of companies that transport money and valuables in several federal states have stopped working. “We started at many locations between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m.,” said a spokesman for the Verdi service union in Schwerin.
That’s why only very few cash-in-transit van tours have started so far. “There are so few tours that you will feel it in the next few days.” Negotiations between employers and the union are scheduled to continue until Friday in Munich.
Because the warning strike is scheduled to last until Friday at 11:59 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday are not regular weekdays in the industry, Verdi assumes that the effects could be felt until the middle of the week. “It will take a day or two for things to settle down again.” Cash could become scarce.
The background to the warning strike is the wage and collective bargaining negotiations for around 10,000 employees in the industry nationwide. According to Verdi, the Federal Association of German Money and Valuable Services (BDGW) did not present an acceptable offer in the second round of negotiations. Even after the subsequent warning strikes lasting several days, no improved offer was made.
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.
Source: Stern
