Numerous letters and parcels in Germany will probably reach their destinations later than usual in the coming week. The reason for this is the warning strikes announced by the Verdi union for Monday and Tuesday in the current collective bargaining dispute with Deutsche Post.Verdi announced on Sunday that employees were called on to walk out nationwide. The warning strikes would extend to selected businesses in all areas of work - letter and parcel centers and delivery. Protest rallies are planned...
Status: 05.02.2023 3:43 p.m If you want to send letters and parcels at the start of the week, you have to be prepared for delays. Reason are renewed warning strikes at the post office. Tariff talks are to continue on Wednesday. In the collective bargaining dispute at Deutsche Post, the service union ver.di wants to increase the pressure with new warning strikes. On Monday and Tuesday, employees nationwide were called to walkouts. Letter and parcel centers as well as the...
A winter of resentment, that's what the British are calling the time right now. And by that I mean the largest wave of strikes that the country has experienced since the 1980s. The train drivers are on strike this Friday, according to the announcement, hardly any trains are running. Hundreds of thousands took to the streets on Wednesday: teachers, civil servants, university employees and many more. They all call for their wages to be adjusted for inflation, which is around...
STORY: The biggest mass strike in decades has started in Great Britain. Hundreds of thousands of civil servants demonstrated on Wednesday for higher wages. Schools remained closed, rail services ground to a halt, and the military was put on standby to help with border controls. The strikers are demanding above-inflation wage increases to meet skyrocketing food and energy bills. It is estimated that up to half a million teachers, civil servants, train drivers and university lecturers are taking part in...
Status: 02/01/2023 11:52 a.m Up to half a million people could walk out of work in the UK today. Teachers, train drivers and public sector employees take part in the fight for better wages. The last time there was a strike of this magnitude was in 2011. The biggest strike in more than a decade has begun in the UK. At the same time, teachers, but also a number of train drivers and employees in the public sector, went down...
Did you miss the news this early morning? We've put together a recap to help you see things more clearly.The unions have once again scored points in the street against the pension reform. Across France, a record number of opponents marched on Tuesday to try to roll back the government, particularly on the postponement of the legal retirement age to 64. According to the unions, more than 2.5 million people marched in the country. The Ministry of the Interior counted...
background Status: 01/31/2023 5:46 p.m France strikes and strikes - again. There are historical reasons for what causes astonishment in Germany. Because the right to strike has a special status in France. By Carolin Dylla, ARD Studio Paris Rémi Bourguignon has to smile when asked to explain why there are so many and almost passionate strikes in France. Bourguignon is a professor at the University of Paris-Est-Créteil and a specialist in social movements and trade unions. SR logo Caroline Dylla...
Status: 01/31/2023 12:10 p.m Protests against the government's planned pension reforms continue. Transport companies are on strike, as are schools, and energy companies are cutting back on electricity production. President Macron is coming under increasing pressure. On the second major day of protests against the planned pension reform, strikes paralyzed large parts of public life in France. Trains, buses and flights were canceled nationwide, and there were no lessons in many schools. The employees of the energy company EDF shut...
Status: 01/31/2023 07:24 a.m In France, unions have again called for nationwide strikes. Why is the protest against the planned pension reform so violent - and is it as "brutal" as its critics say? By Carolin Dylla, ARD Studio Paris It will probably be another busy day for many parents in France. Because of the strike, a large part of the kindergartens and crèches are closed. "Well, unfortunately we've gotten used to it - you just have to be flexible....
Status: 01/30/2023 7:47 p.m According to activists, eleven people died in drone attacks in eastern Syria. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the attacks were aimed at truck convoys allegedly loaded with Iranian weapons. According to activists, a total of eleven people have been killed in a series of drone attacks on truck convoys in eastern Syria. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the vehicles were allegedly loaded with Iranian weapons. Drivers, their companions and a...
