Warning strike DAK workers demand more salary

Since today there is a warning at the health insurance DAK instead: The employees demand more pay

04/11/2012

On Wednesday, warning strikes take place at the statutory crane DAK in Berlin. Customers and members of the cash register must expect several hours with restrictions. The strike is initially scheduled for three hours.

Verdi wants to exert pressure on collective bargaining with a DAK warning strike
The warning strike of the health insurance DAK health began on Wednesday at 6.30 clock in Berlin. According to Verdi union secretary Horst Kasten to the news agency „dpa“ the warning strike should be limited to several hours. First, the employees without customer contact, for example, in the billing offices, the work by 10:00 clock had laid down. The customer centers of Germany's third largest health insurance should be stripped from 8.00 clock. Customers and members of the cash register must therefore expect longer waiting times. According to Verdi, the workers involved in the warning strike gather at the union headquarters in Kreuzberg.

The union expects about 200 to 700 warning strike participants in Berlin. Nationwide, there will be 4,500 to 16,000 employees at 28 locations. The warning strikes should put pressure on collective bargaining that will take place in Hamburg on Wednesday. Verdi wants to enforce a one-time payment of 1,200 euros for 2011 and five percent more salary retroactively to 1 January 2012. „It is the responsibility of the board of the DAK Health, where the journey goes, because the planned warning strikes are otherwise only the first stage of the dispute“, warns Verdi negotiator Hardy Liebrich. According to the union, the reason for the wage disputes is the termination of all applicable collective bargaining agreements by DAK as of December 31, 2011.„Since the beginning of 2011, employees have been waiting for a salary increase. Appreciation looks different“, reports Liebrich. Due to the ongoing negotiations, the DAK considers the warning strikes to be inappropriate. (Ag)