Overview
- ver.di and dbb are seeking a one‑year deal with a 7% raise or at least €300 per month, plus €200 more for trainees and a 12‑month term.
- TdL negotiator Andreas Dressel rejects the package as overblown, citing 1.8% inflation and estimating costs at €12.6 billion annually across the Länder and at least €760 million for Hamburg in year one.
- Warning strikes and rallies continued as talks opened, with about 2,000 demonstrators outside the Potsdam venue and roughly 5,000 in Berlin a day earlier.
- Unions warn they will expand actions in coming weeks without movement from employers, potentially targeting university hospitals, street services and school staff, though recent impacts were uneven, including minimal disruption reported at Hamburg schools.
- The dispute covers around 920,000 tariff employees and typically extends to 1.3 million civil servants; this second round runs through Friday, with a further round slated for mid‑February.