Employees at Mainz University Hospital have announced a two-day strike, the German news agency DPA reported on May 4, citing representatives of the German union ver.di.
Clinic staff began a preliminary strike at 6 am on May 4. The strike will continue until the early hours of Saturday, May 6.
During this time, all planned medical procedures or operations that may be medically delayed are canceled or rescheduled.
The strike does not affect emergency medical care. The medical staff of the clinic will provide emergency assistance in full.
According to a statement from ver.di spokesperson Zilke Steetskamp, around 800 people took part in a demonstration on the clinic premises today to demand higher wages.
The next demonstration is scheduled for Friday May 5 at 10 am. The demonstration on Friday will take place in front of the main entrance of the clinic, and then the protesters will march through the center of the city.
According to the union, the warning stoppage was initiated by the failure of the fourth round of negotiations on salary increases between the representatives of the medical staff and the management of the clinic. The fourth round of negotiations ended without results on Wednesday, May 3.
According to a statement from the clinic’s management, a date for the next round of negotiations has not yet been set.
Remember that ver.di is the second largest trade union in Germany. It consists of almost 1.9 million workers in Germany.
It should be noted that the University Hospital Mainz is the largest clinic in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate: almost 8 thousand employees and 1,500 beds. More than 320,000 patients are treated at the clinic each year.
In addition, the Mainz Medical Center trains more than 3,000 students from various medical specialties.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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