Status: 07/13/2022 06:06 a.m
In the German ports there is a strike for the third time within a few weeks. According to information from NDR 90.3, the port workers want to stop work from Thursday, this time for 48 hours.
Around 12,000 people work in the German seaports – from Hamburg to Bremerhaven and Brake. And everywhere there, work is supposed to rest with the start of the early shift on Thursday. Ships will then probably no longer be processed. Corresponding calls are now being distributed on several online channels. The strike is expected to last until 6 a.m. on Saturday and would be the longest in more than 40 years.
Already six rounds of negotiations
The background to this is the current collective bargaining dispute. In the sixth round of negotiations, the employers improved their offer again, offering up to 12.5 percent spread over two years. Ver.di demands at least one inflation adjustment, and that for all employees. In addition, renegotiations are to take place after one year. Even before the strike was announced, employers had warned of a further escalation. Negotiator Ulrike Riedel told NDR 90.3 that with every further strike, more ships would be dammed up in front of the ports.
Ports largely paralyzed
Almost three weeks ago, port workers with the start of the early shift largely paralyzed the handling of container and cargo ships in Germany’s major North Sea ports with a 24-hour warning strike. The ports of Hamburg, Emden, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Brake and Wilhelmshaven were affected. Before that, there were no work stoppages among dockers for many years.
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