09 August 2015
teachers want to continue to fight. Photo: Michael Schick
The union base rejects the arbitration proposal. Verdi boss Frank Bsirske sees this as a clear mandate to continue the industrial action. New strikes seem inevitable.
In the wage dispute to the municipal kindergartens are threatening new strikes. The members of the union Verdi and the German Federal officials rejected the adoption of a mediator in the conflict from award on Saturday. When Beamtenbund (DBB) voted more than 60 percent of teachers, nursery nurses and social workers on the other hand, when Verdi there were almost 70 percent.
“This is a clear mandate to take action to continue the strike,” said Verdi boss Frank Bsirske. The Civil Service Association spoke of a clear signal. Negotiator Andreas Hemsing announced that the Board of DBB Federal Tariff Commission will advise on how to proceed and the possibility of renewed strike earlier this week. Employers responded with incomprehension and criticism on that voting against the compromise. Collective bargaining should be continued on Thursday in Offenbach.
In social, and educational communities of around 240 000 people are employed. By accepting the arbitrator award their income would have increased by two to 4.5 percent. Bsirske said the teachers expected a real appreciation of their activities. This was not given to the arbitration proposal.
The two arbitrators
Nannies
The educators
The two arbitrators, the former Saxon Prime Minister Georg Milbradt and the former Hanoverian Mayor Herbert Schmalstieg , had agreed on 24 June to salary increases between two and 4.5 percent for the day-care teachers, nannies and social workers.
nannies should, according to the arbitration award in the lowest pay grade, an increase of 50 euros in your pocket every month. The bandwidth is then, depending on the occupation years, move up to 110 euros.
In educators had proposed a salary plus 33-161 Euros per salary group the conciliator. Employees in managerial positions are to receive up to 351 euros in addition. (FR)
“There is great disappointment in the workplace,” said a strike delegates from a North Rhine-Westphalian Kita on Saturday shortly before the start of the non- Public Verdi Conference in Fulda. “There is anger and total incomprehension, as you can go after such a labor dispute with such a result of the mediation,” reported the 54-year-old, who asked not to be named. Another delegate added: “The mood is not good. Nobody is hot to strike it. But mediation is unsatisfactory. “
Despite the rejection urged the President of the Association of Municipal Employers’ Associations (VKA), Thomas Böhle, rapid wage settlement on the basis of compromise. Employer and trade union representatives have agreed to the settlement recommendation of conciliators. “. We have no understanding of when this compromise balanced should now be rejected in the forthcoming negotiations on Thursday” improvements completed Böhle from: “. Other changes against the arbitration award can not exist” for renewed strikes he had no understanding.
The social partners had agreed to a multi-week labor dispute in early June on the arbitration. Verdi calls for a higher classification of teachers and social workers in the salary scales by which the income would increase by ten percent on average up. Employers accused the trade union front, however, wanting to actually enforce the higher grade salary increases of up to 21 percent.
MCA President Böhle said that the unions would have woken up with unrealistic demands and expectations through aggressive approach, which were unable to meet. “They are now apparently no longer in a position to end the labor dispute.”
The German Association of Towns and Municipalities The DStGB warned in particular against new nationwide strikes and at the expense of parents children would go. With all due respect for the important tasks and functions that are done in the Kitas, also a strain on the local authorities must be avoided, said the Federation of Municipal Authorities. “Just now threatens if again” draufgesattelt “is. Even the present arbitration proposal go in many cities and towns to the threshold of pain and see significant improvements for those affected before. (RTR / dpa / FR)
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