Overview

• On July 3, central warning strikes began at 10:00 a.m. in Heilbronn with further walkouts scheduled in Reutlingen, Ravensburg, Bodenseekreis, Alb-Donau-Kreis and Ulm.
• The emergency service agreement requires staffing for urgent cases to ensure uninterrupted rescue coverage across affected districts.
• Verdi insists on an eight percent general pay increase with a minimum rise of €350 per month plus €200 extra for trainees, interns and students.
• The union is pressing to elevate paramedics and emergency medical technicians to pay group 9 and to fix the collective bargaining term at twelve months.
• This health‐sector action marks the latest phase of a nationwide Verdi campaign that began in February with transport, postal and municipal strikes after talks stalled.