Pour in strike chaos: garbage disposal and street cleaning affected!

Pour in strike chaos: garbage disposal and street cleaning affected!

On February 12, 2025, a warning strike in Gießen ensures considerable restrictions on garbage disposal and street cleaning. The planned emptying of residual waste, waste paper and organic waste, which was planned for February 13, must be postponed to February 14th. Containers to be emptied on Fridays should only be made available from Monday morning. This measure is part of the warning strikes organized by the ver.di union in the public service, which will continue in Gießen on February 13th.

The strike begins with the early shift and ends at midnight. Employees of the Vitos Clinic Gießen-Marburg and the municipal administration in the city and district of Gießen will also take part in the protests. The main goal of the strike is to put pressure on employers before the upcoming tariff round and to draw attention to the precarious working conditions. Julian Drusenbaum, the strike manager, emphasizes that despite a catalog of claims that has been available since October, the employers have not submitted an offer. He describes the behavior of the employers as disrespectful and points out that they deny a lack of personnel, but at the same time refuse to live work sovereignty.

Tariff demands and protest actions

As part of the warning strike, a demonstration by downtown Gießen will take place on February 13th. The protest train starts at 9:00 a.m. at the Hessenhallen and ends with a final rally on Berliner Platz. The organizers expect a high level of participation because many employees are affected. The union raised salary demands in the 2025 tariff round:

• a salary increase of 8% or at least 350 euros more per month.
• higher surcharges for special loads.
• an increase in training allowances and internship fees for 200 euros per month.
• three additional free days.
• a flexible "my time account" for relief with increasing workload.

This reporting on the situation in Gießen reflects the broader context, the Tagesschau.de for the current tariff conflict in the public service. The warning strikes have already been proclaimed in several regions of Germany, including Berlin and North Rhine-Westphalia. The ver.di union also threatens to expand the strikes, which could have a potentially impact on local transport, including buses, railways and airports.

Christine Behle, deputy chair of ver.di, asks the employers to submit an offer. She warns that without a corresponding offer, a significant expansion of the strikes before the Bundestag election is likely. The background is the ongoing claims of more than 2.5 million employees in the federal government and municipalities, which require a wage increase of 8% or at least 350 euros more per month and additional vacation days, which is also picked up by

The next negotiations on the tales are scheduled for February 17th and 18th in Potsdam. The current tariff conflict is not the first of its kind; As early as 2023, a similar conflict led to extensive strike actions in the public service, in which practically all public transport in Germany was paralyzed.