Overview
- About 2,200 workers from Vivantes subsidiaries held a ver.di-led one-day warning strike on Monday across cleaning, kitchen and technical services without forcing surgery postponements.
- Ver.di demands full coverage under the public-sector TVöD for subsidiary staff, a change that could lift monthly pay by up to roughly €500 depending on role and grade.
- After an offer unions say was repeated unchanged in round two, including a four-year phased wage alignment limited to base pay, negotiations are due to continue this week.
- Berlin’s finance administration has stated that major budget shortfalls preclude funding TVöD-level pay for all 19,000 Vivantes employees, with the state-owned GmbH still running deficits.
- The union signals further strikes if no agreement is reached, warning that broader or longer walkouts could delay elective care, and a separate AOK Nord-Ost warning strike is set for Wednesday.