Overview
- ver.di and the dbb formally adopted a claim for a 7% raise, at least €300 per month, on a 12‑month deal with the result to be applied to civil servants and pensioners.
- TdL chair Andreas Dressel rejected the claim as “völlig überzogen,” putting the annual cost at about €4 billion for tariff staff and roughly €12.6 billion including Beamte.
- Talks start on December 3 in Berlin, with further rounds on January 15–16 and February 11–13 in Potsdam; the state of Hesse is not part of this bargaining group.
- Unions cite around 600,000 unfilled public‑sector jobs and also seek €200 more per month for trainees, guaranteed permanent hires after training, and higher time and shift allowances.
- There is no arbitration agreement in this Länder round, increasing the risk of enforceable strikes compared with the federal and municipal talks concluded in April.