Dortmund.
Central postal strike rally in Dortmund: Thousands of employees from distribution centers across North Rhine-Westphalia demonstrated on Friedensplatz on Tuesday.
Around 3500 Post employees from letter and parcel centers throughout NRW demonstrate on Tuesday at the Dortmund Peace Square. It started around 11 a.m. Verdi Vice President Andrea Kocsis spoke at the rally around the Peace Column.
In the best winter sun weather, the strikers cavort in yellow vests and red and white Verdi flags in front of the stage Dortmund City Hall. In the getting there (many came to Dortmund in coaches) it got crowded on the wall.
On Tuesday, employees in selected areas of letter and parcel delivery in NRW strike called, according to Verdi. Therefore become many letters and packages probably lie down and need a few days longer than usual.
Verdi is demanding 15 percent more wages for postal workers
The services union Verdi calls for the 160,000 employees of Deutsche Post AG 15 percent more money. According to the demands of the trade union, the training allowance is also to be increased significantly – by 200 euros per month for each year of training. The collective bargaining will be continued on February 8th in Düsseldorf.
already on Monday there had been postal strikes all over Germany. According to Verdi, the work stoppages will be accompanied by central rallies in Dortmund, Hamburg, Saarbrücken, Koblenz, Nuremberg, Frankfurt and Stuttgart on Tuesday.
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