Overview
- The warning strikes led to closures or reduced services at municipal day care centers, interrupted classes and after-school care, and disruptions at universities, the immigration authority and the citizens’ affairs office, with some non-civil servant police and fire staff taking part.
- GEW reported about 5,000 participants marching from Friedrichstraße station to the Rotes Rathaus in a demonstration backing the pay demands.
- Verdi, GEW, the police union GdP and IG Bau coordinated the actions to increase pressure in the ongoing wage dispute for state employees.
- Unions are demanding a 7% pay increase or at least €300 per month for lower pay groups on a 12-month contract, a proposal the TdL has labeled too high without presenting its own offer so far.
- Another warning strike is planned for Thursday focusing on district offices and their services, with the second round of negotiations scheduled in Potsdam on Thursday and Friday.