Two days of strike last Friday were not enough in the port of Hamburg and now in the port of Bremerhaven, to bring The positions between the Ver.di trade union and the employers' association German ZDS after the second round of the Negotiations for the renewal of the port workers' contract which began in May, failed. "The offer presented by the employer - denounced Maren Ulbrich, ver.di's representative in the negotiations, is totally inadequate. This means that there is no real increase in wages for employees, and that the is totally inadequate. This shows no respect for the dock workers and it is far too much little. Workers, Ulbrich specified, need a significant increase in their wages in order to compensate for the rising cost of living. With their inadequate offering, now Employers have led to strikes."

The request for ver.di is for an increase of three euros in the hourly wage as of June 1 and a corresponding increase in bonuses. "It's above all Ulbrich explained, "it is important that the most important salary ranges are receive a significantly higher income, since in the In recent years, inflation has hit them very hard. In addition, the wage gaps between the different brackets must be reduced."

Announcing a possible new strike if during the third round of negotiations, scheduled for 17 and 18 June, employer will not submit an acceptable offer, Ulbich pointed out that "the workers are disappointed and outraged that employers have not done anything about it. concession, but they only highlighted their plight of plight competition with foreign ports. In this way, they do not have shown any appreciation for the work of the workers'.