Following the call of the United Service Industry Syndicate (Ver.di), civil servants are encouraged to learn from public life such as kindergartens, municipal hospitals, garbage collection centres, buses and light rail vehicles in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hessen, Baden-Württemberg, Saxony, Lower Saxony and Rhineland-Palatinate. He left work in many fields.
The warning strike, organized at the call of the union, greatly disrupted public transport in many regions.
Strikes aim to increase bargaining pressure
The warning strike is aimed at increasing collective bargaining pressure on the local and federal public sector.
Employers offered a 5 percent increase in wages and a total of 2,500 euros for employees in federal and local governments, but the unions rejected the offer as insufficient.
The unions are demanding a 10.5 percent increase in wages or an additional raise of at least 500 euros per month.