May 17, 2015
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Pre-school teachers strike over low pay and the underpaid occupation, negotiations not led to a result.
Over 400 kindergartens remained closed as pre-school teachers went on strike over low pay. Trade union Ver.di and the kindergartens are in negotiations over a collective agreement. Ver.di has demanded the teachers be paid in a higher pay grade, which would imply a pay rise (by 10%). The strikes have received political and public support as the teachers point out that the occupation is underpaid. The talks so far have not led to a result, leading in numerous States to warning strike and closed day care centres.
English: http://peagle.co.uk/in-day-care-centers-now-threatens-indefinite-strike-483.html
http://www.dw.de/empty-day-care-centers-across-germany-amid-strike/a-18366635
http://www.thelocal.de/20150408/strikes-at-kindergartens-affect-thousands
For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) cbn-aias@uva.nl or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova mnikolova@etui.org. For previous issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit http://www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net.