Overview
- Full-day walkouts curtailed services at state-run Kitas, schools and district offices, with many nurseries on emergency care and scattered class cancellations.
- Unions reported about 6,000 participants rallying outside the Abgeordnetenhaus as lawmakers debated the 2026/27 budget.
- ver.di and GEW seek a 7% raise or at least €300 per month for a 12‑month contract, plus higher pay for trainees and coverage for student employees.
- The states’ employer group TdL has rejected the claim as too costly and has not presented a counteroffer.
- Verdi leader Frank Werneke signaled readiness to expand strikes in the new year, including at university clinics and winter road services, ahead of the next bargaining round on 15–16 January.