Public service - Collective bargaining for federal and local authorities failed - Employers initiate conciliation

Pat in collective bargaining in the public sector: Local companies call for failed talks. Verdi trade union expresses »incomprehension« and refers to »agreement proposals«.

The collective bargaining round for 2.5 million employees in the public sector has failed. BILD explains the background to the bargaining crisis.

There was talk of a limit of pain, also of refusal: employers and trade unions of 2.7 million employees in the public service of the federal and local authorities could not agree.

The collective bargaining in the public service of the federal and local authorities has for the time being failed. Trade unions and employers could not agree on a conclusion in the third round in Potsdam either, as Federal Minister Faser announced.

The employers have declared the collective bargaining for the employees of the federal and local authorities to have failed. The fact that they have appointed Roland Koch as a mediator is a source of displeasure.

The collective bargaining for the public service of the federal and local authorities has for the time being failed. During the conciliation, which usually lasts about two weeks, it is not allowed to strike.