Berlin, before two days warning strike in the public service. We have compiled the most important information.
Who is on strike when?
In day-care centres, schools, youth welfare offices and universities should be on strike, employees on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Wednesday, all other employees covered by the collective agreement of the countries are also, for the warning strike called. This, then, relates also, among other things, district offices, Senate administrations, libraries and employees in the police and fire service. Called to the Strikes the GEW Berlin, Verdi, and for Wednesday, the police Union GdP.
What are the day-care centres and schools are affected?
At the day-care centres, the call for a strike aimed at educators, and employees of own businesses and of the Pestalozzi-Fröbel-house. To include the self-operated about 270 daycare centers, around 34,000 children are looked after. The Pestalozzi-Fröbel-house, nine day-care centres.
During the warning strike on 13. Of February alone, three of the five own more than 100 day-care centres to operate fully closed, some provided emergency care. In the schools were affected, according to information from the Senate administration for education, nearly 600 schools from the strike, 4200 teachers were involved. Day-care centres and schools will inform the parents in of the rule in advance, if there are any limitations. Primary schools are required to have a emergency care. There are, however, also called for educators at schools to go on strike.
What are calling for the trade unions?
In the negotiation of the collective agreement of the Federal States (TVL) to request the trade unions and six percent more pay, but at least 200 euros more per month. Specifically for the Berlin-based employees in the education and social service GEW Berlin and Verdi also call for an alignment of the payment at the level of the local collective agreement TVöD. After this, teachers and social workers, to be paid in most other provinces, and the result is that educators earn, for example, in the state of Brandenburg significantly more.
That Berlin paid teachers and social workers, according to TVL, with Berlin’s Status as a city-state. The employees are employed by the state of Berlin, and not in a commune.
The next round of Negotiations on the 28th. February and 1. March. Negotiators on the part of the collective community of the countries of Berlin’s Finance Senator Matthias Kollatz (SPD). The coalition government supports the concerns of the educators and social workers to a better position. “We hope that the arrives at the Senator of Finance,” said WT-Berlin-a spokesman Markus Hanisch.
what will be demonstrated?
On 26. February should be the main strikers at 10 a.m. at the Elisabeth-black-and-square in front of the North train station gather. From there, a cortege will move in the direction of the Bebelplatz. 27. February, the meeting place at 10 am on the Potsdamer Platz, the demonstration route leads to the Alexanderplatz.
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