As of: 09/27/2020 4:21 p.m. – NDR 1 Lower Saxony
The protest is getting louder: warning strikes for more wages in the public service are planned throughout Lower Saxony. (Subject picture)
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After last week was a kind of test run for strikes under Corona conditions, public service workers should take to the streets all over Lower Saxony from Monday. All areas of the public service are affected, as ver.di spokesman Matthias Büschking NDR.de Lower Saxony said. Thousands of employees from daycare centers, savings banks, water and shipping authorities will go to decentralized actions, the spokesman said. One focus on Monday is the state capital.
VIDEO: Ver.di calls for more wages in the public sector (1 min)
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Employees from administration and Üstra are on strike in Hanover
On the one hand are employees of the city administration Hannover called to strike. According to city hall information, this also affects service areas such as several citizens’ offices and the vehicle registration office. Ver.di has planned a protest meeting in front of the town hall at 11 a.m. As of Tuesday, the union will extend the protests to local public transport. Then all Üstra buses and trams stay in the depots.
From Tuesday outstanding in Braunschweig, Salzgitter and Wolfsburg
In southern Lower Saxony, the protests begin on Tuesday, with a focus on Braunschweig, Salzgitter and Wolfsburg. According to Ver.di, the employees of the energy supplier BS-Energy, Salzgitter Town Hall and Wolfsburg Clinic, among others, are called on to walk out. The employees of the employment agency in Braunschweig and Salzgitter have also announced strikes. Daycare centers are not called for. According to the union, the bus drivers want to be in Wolfsburg, among others, Göttingen and Osnabrück stop their work.
First ver.di campaigns in Verden and Lüneburg
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According to ver.di, around 350 employees at the Lüneburg town hall demanded more wages in the public sector on Friday.
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The first week of warning strikes in Lower Saxony came to an end on Friday with a rally at Lüneburg City Hall. Around 350 employees had gathered on the square to demand more wages from Mayor Ulrich Mädge (SPD), as ver.di said. Mädge leads the nationwide negotiations for the Association of Municipal Employers’ Associations (VKA). Verden kicked off on Thursday. According to ver.di, up to 150 employees stopped their work there. Actions were also planned in Hildesheim.
The next round of negotiations begins at the end of October
The union calls for the nationwide 2.3 million employees in the public service of the federal government and local authorities 4.8 percent more wages, but at least an increase of 150 euros per month. The employers have not yet submitted an offer in the first two rounds of negotiations. The third round of negotiations is scheduled for October 22nd and 23rd.
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