Herne city administration: Warning strike ensures massive restrictions!

Herne city administration: Warning strike ensures massive restrictions!

this day, March 14, 2025, the city administration of Herne is severely restricted due to an all -day warning strike to which the Verdi union called. Verdi strives to achieve better working conditions and an appealing payment for more than 2.5 million employees in the public service. This was made particularly urgent after the collective bargaining was postponed on February 18, 2025 in Potsdam without agreement.

union secretary Eric Lobach emphasizes that the willingness to strike by the Herne employees is far from exhausted. If no acceptable offer is presented by the employer by the end of today, Verdi could continue to escalate the argument. The city administration advises citizens to move authorities to other days.

affected departments and services

The strike measures affect various departments and services, which leads to significant restrictions:

• Department of Citizens 'Services: There are severe restrictions in the residents, in the citizens' counseling as well as in the foreign and nationality, especially in the vehicle registration office.
• Department of Public Order: Hardly any use of traffic monitoring and local lawn service; Transport violations remain unpunished, which will lead to financial losses for the municipality.
• Department of Digitization: Strong restrictions in the IT area, which result in possible delays or failures in digital administrative services.
• Department of Central Services: The postal and scenting is affected, which significantly disturbs internal communication and document processing.
• building management: severe impairments in schools, daycare centers and other public institutions, as concerned about building cleaning and caretaker services.
• Department of Stadtgrün: Restrictions in green care and waste disposal are also expected.

Also all 20 day care centers and three “small daycare centers” of the city were closed for today. The departments for foreigners and nationality as well as the registry and insurance office are expected to remain open, but citizens have to expect longer waiting times. The road traffic office can only be reached for dates that have already been agreed. Many urban leisure activities are also affected: Strünkede Castle, the local museum, the library and urban sports halls remain closed. Only the library in Wanne and the book bus will continue your company.

outlook and mobilization

The union announces further strikes for the future. On Monday, February 24, 2025, there should be mobilizations in the public service again in order to put pressure on employers. Eric Lobach clearly criticizes the employer side for the lack of concrete offers.

The third round of the collective bargaining will take place in Potsdam from March 14 to 16, 2025, and the citizens are asked to put their authorities on other days. This is done to avoid disorders in the service during the strikes and to take into account the requirements of the citizens in the best possible way. The strikers are advised to gather at the Willi-Pohlmann-Platz in front of the Herner Kulturzentrum at 9 a.m. In view of the continuing conflict of tariffs in the public service, it remains to be seen how the employers react and whether there is a faster agreement. The situation clearly shows that employees in the public service are dependent on the attention of the public and those responsible in order to make their demands visible. Further information about the current strikes and affected areas can be found on SPIEGEL Radio Herne also offers insights into the events on site.