Overview

• The GEW paused planned pre-summer warning strikes after Mayor Kai Wegner signaled openness to binding discussions.
• Union and Berlin Senate agreed to hold detailed talks with Education Senator Katharina Günther-Wünsch on relief measures.
• The suspension is conditional on the Senate delivering tangible steps, including smaller class sizes and reduced workloads.
• Berlin officials maintain they need coordination with other states through the Tarifgemeinschaft der Länder to negotiate a health protection contract.
• May warning strikes during exam periods and a study showing two-thirds of school staff overworked helped prompt the Senate’s shift.