Tag: Frank Werneke
Trade unions: Should the right to strike be tightened?
First the trains, then the buses, now the airports: the many labor disputes in transport are fueling the debate about stricter rules for unions. What lawyers and politicians say about…
Breakthrough in the collective bargaining dispute in the public services of the federal states – politics
Unions and employers have settled the collective bargaining dispute in the federal states’ public services. The leaders of Verdi and the civil service association dbb agreed with the collective bargaining…
Verdi boss on public service: “We are expanding the warning strikes” – politics
Verdi boss Frank Werneke explains when and with what actions he wants to implement higher salaries for teachers, nurses and other employees in the federal states. He criticizes the traffic…
Strike in the public sector – threaten conditions like 1992? – Politics
From Benedict Peters It was the toughest strike in the public sector: millions of letters and packages were left in the post offices, garbage bags were piled up in the…
Verdi boss Frank Werneke: “No one wants stooped unions” – politics
Smaller, individual campaigns are planned until Sunday, says Frank Werneke. From mid-April, the union then threatens to completely paralyze Germany. Interviewed by Alexander Hageluken and Benedikt Peters The Verdi boss…
Collective bargaining for public service failed for the time being – politics
Collective bargaining for the federal and local public sector has failed for the time being. Employers and unions did not achieve a result in the last of three planned rounds…
Collective bargaining round for public service, Werneke interview: “Then we’ll go on strike” – politics
Verdi boss Frank Werneke is threatening strikes by kindergarten teachers and garbage collectors in order to get 10.5 percent more salary because of inflation. Many employees felt overheated. In the…
Unions are demanding 10.5 percent more for public services
Germany 2.5 million employees Unions are demanding 10.5 percent more for public services As of 5:06 p.m | Reading time: 2 minutes Unions want 10.5% more money for workers The…
Lawsuit against minimum wage – how promising is that? – Politics
The minimum wage is not just any topic for Olaf Scholz. Increasing it to twelve euros is his “most important law,” the SPD politician had said during the election campaign,…