Overview
- Ver.di, which escalated the dispute Thursday, called full-day walkouts at Deutsche Telekom sites in 12 federal states.
- The union says customers may face longer hotline waits, slower technical support, and canceled appointments.
- The demands include a 6.6% pay rise for 12 months and a €660 annual bonus for union members, covering about 60,000 tariff employees.
- Participation has topped 10,000 in the first strike week, and about 2,000 staff in technical roles stopped work on Wednesday in the south and west.
- Talks are due 11–12 May, with Telekom saying it wants a constructive deal as many unit contracts expired in March.