Warning strikes in the port of Hamburg: Verdi announces demonstration

Warning strikes in the port of Hamburg: Verdi announces demonstration

The port of Hamburg stands still because the Verdi union has initiated a warning strike. This industrial action is not the first of its kind in this important port. The employees have started striking and planning a demonstration on Tuesday morning to grant their demands.

The strike aims to increase the pressure on employers in the collective bargaining, in particular with regard to the hour's wages and shower surcharges of the port employees. Verdi demands an increase of three euros per hour retrospectively on June 1st, as well as a corresponding adjustment of the surcharges. In order to further underline your claims, another negotiation round between Verdi and the Central Association of German Seeborne companies (ZDS) for July 11th and 12th is planned.

The warning strike not only affects the port of Hamburg, but also other northern German ports, in which similar strikes took place in June. The employees are committed to fair working conditions and adequate payment in order to recognize the importance of their work and their contribution to the smooth expiry of port operations.

The demonstration on Wednesday is expected to attract many participants and draw public attention to the Situation of the port workers. It remains to be seen how the negotiations between Verdi and the employers will run in the coming days. The outcome of these collective bargaining could have far -reaching effects on working conditions in the German seaports and the relationship between employers and employees would have a lasting impact.

- Nag