Also today, Wednesday, in Berlin, day-care centres, schools, youth welfare offices and universities are on strike. Besides, employees in the district offices, Senate administrations, libraries and police and fire are called to the service of their work. Called to the Strikes the GEW Berlin, Verdi, and for Wednesday, the police Union GdP.
Spontaneous visit to the site on Wednesday morning in the town hall of Charlottenburg. “We can work”, – stated in the authority. And in the civil office in the Wilmersdorfer Arcaden? This is hard to find because of the construction work, but also here the staff say “no Problem”. Anyone who has an appointment coming up. Who has no appointment.
And how is the participation of a total of so far? For the first day of the strike on Tuesday Numbers are now available. According to the educational administration of approximately 3600 teachers and about 1700 teachers and educators laid down to 546 schools work. So there was massive loss of teaching time. Exact Figures on strike participation in the day-care centres, there is not, but it’s clear that dozens of day care centers were completely closed. The strike fewer teachers participated than two weeks ago, the strike participation can be counted as a success for the unions.
And so it goes on Wednesday: The education-strikers gather at 10 a.m. at the Potsdamer Platz and to Alexanderplatz. Before that, there are various actions in the districts, a Overview is to be found here on the Website of the GEW Berlin.
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lessons, schools and day care centers to provide to emergency mode. What are the consequences? A track search in the Neighborhoods. Read here how the first day of the strike was on Tuesday.
What is actually during the strike? Here you can read what three strikers and a mother.
More of the wage dispute in the Public service and to the strike in the authorities you read here in this Interview with Finance Minister Matthias Kollatz.
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