Employees of the Charité subsidiary on strike

Employees of the Charité subsidiary on strike

09/05/2011

During the almost weeklong strike of the nurses of the Berlin University Hospital Charité last Friday as „for the time being as finished“ The approximately 600 employees of the Charité subsidiary Charité Facility Management (CFM) continue the labor dispute. In addition to the strike action protests are also planned, as it was said.

Strike at subsidiary continued
The strike at the Charité subsidiary „Charité Facility Management GmbH“ (CFM) continued indefinitely on Monday. According to the union „Verdi“ So far, the management of the company has not responded to the demands of the employees, so that they will now expand the labor dispute. On Monday, about 600 CFM employees left work.

Limitations of the clinic operation
Although caregivers and technical staff of the main house of the Charité have started work again, however, the CFM strike at the clinic will lead to severe restrictions. So could the regular operation of the clinic „in the foreseeable future“ Once again out of control, unionist Helga Spies said. The employees of CFM are responsible for the postal service, logistics, surgical sterilization, repairs and partly for patient transport.

CFM employees without collective agreement
The CFM is in the majority to 51 percent of the Charité and thus the state of Berlin. The remaining 49 percent belong to Vamed Germany, the Dussmann Group and Hellmann Worldwide Logistics. The employees of the company strike for a uniform collective agreement. In part, the employees earn only about four to seven euros gross per hour. Therefore, significant wage increases are needed, as Spies emphasizes. It is also significant that the SPD-Left Senate to the „scandalous wages“ does not comment, as the trade unionist criticized.

The negotiations of the collective bargaining parties of the University Hospital will continue throughout the week. The Charité hospital management had surprisingly made a new offer on Friday after the employees learn in one-step salary increases. No offers have yet been proposed for CFM employees. (Sb)

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