Deutsche Post faces Germany-wide strikes starting next month
Deutsche Post AG may face strikes across Germany next month after the company failed to reach agreement on pay and working hours with the Ver.di labor union.
Ver.di plans to vote on open-ended strikes from April 25 to April 29, which would allow them to start on May 2, Guenter Isemeyer, a spokesman for the union said today by telephone.
Deutsche Post offered a 5.5 percent pay raise over two years and extended job security to workers until June 30, 2011, in return for increasing the workweek by 30 minutes, the Bonn- based company said April 19. Deutsche Post also wants to reduce workers’ break-time, adding an extra 2 1/2 hours work a week, Isemeyer said. The union has demanded a 7 percent wage increase.
Deutsche Post AG may face strikes across Germany next month after the company failed to reach agreement on pay and working hours with the Ver.di labor union.
Ver.di plans to vote on open-ended strikes from April 25 to April 29, which would allow them to start on May 2, Guenter Isemeyer, a spokesman for the union said today by telephone.
Deutsche Post offered a 5.5 percent pay raise over two years and extended job security to workers until June 30, 2011, in return for increasing the workweek by 30 minutes, the Bonn- based company said April 19. Deutsche Post also wants to reduce workers’ break-time, adding an extra 2 1/2 hours work a week, Isemeyer said. The union has demanded a 7 percent wage increase.
