Overview
- Verdi will stage nationwide warning strikes at university hospitals on Tuesday and Wednesday, with 22 clinics participating on Tuesday.
- In North Rhine‑Westphalia, two‑day walkouts will hit the university hospitals in Aachen, Cologne, Münster, Bonn, Essen and Düsseldorf, while doctors are excluded under a separate Marburger Bund contract.
- Elective procedures are likely to be postponed, while emergency care is guaranteed under agreed emergency service arrangements.
- Verdi and the civil servants' union dbb demand a 7% pay rise, at least €300 per month, directly covering roughly 900,000 employees and expected to extend to civil servants and pensioners affecting about 2.2 million people.
- Talks resume in mid‑February in Potsdam after an inconclusive second round, as employers call the package unaffordable and cite costs of about €12.6 billion; further actions could extend to schools on Thursday and to social services or public transport if no deal emerges.