The Verdi union also called for strikes in the public sector in Baden-Württemberg this week. According to Verdi, the peak of the strike is planned for Thursday.
The strike started this week, according to Verdi, the workers in Gundelsheim (Heilbronn district). Strikes also took place in Bad Friedrichshall, Neckarsulm (both Heilbronn district) and Mosbach (Neckar-Odenwald district), including in day-care centers and in the water and shipping authorities. In addition, the civil service employees in Ulm had called on people to stop their work. Around 300 employees in Ulm and the Heilbronn region were involved in the strikes on Monday, Verdi said.
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Around 150 people went on strike on Monday morning in Gundelsheim (Heilbronn district) – their main concern is a higher salary.
SWR
The strike peaked on Thursday
On Tuesday there will be a strike in daycare centers in Mannheim and in the Zollernalb district, and there will also be protests in the Ostalb district and the Main-Tauber district. The Verdi union wants to increase the pressure on employers with the stoppages in the ongoing collective bargaining negotiations. According to Verdi, the pace of the strikes will pick up by the weekend. “That will gradually increase. Thursday is the highlight of this week,” said a Verdi spokesman.
On Wednesday there are to be strikes in the Rems-Murr district, Crailsheim (Schwäbisch Hall district) and Reutlingen – including in daycare centers and clinics. On Thursday, employees of daycare centers, clinics and authorities are supposed to resign from their work in Stuttgart and Heilbronn. In the two cities, public transport is also expected to strike on Thursday.
More money required
Last week, the warning strikes in the public sector started. The Verdi union is satisfied with the way things have gone so far. In Baden-Württemberg around 4,700 employees have so far participated in the campaigns, said a spokesman for the SWR. The unions are demanding 4.8 percent more money in the ongoing collective bargaining, but at least 150 euros more per month. The next round of negotiations in the public sector will take place in Potsdam on October 22nd and 23rd.
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