#WORLD #WORLDWIDE #GERMANY #ANARCHISM #News #Journal #Update - (en) #freiburg fau: The wage disputes in the social and educational services have been taking place since February (ca, de, it, pt)[machine translation]

 What we are experiencing now: ---- The collective agreement for the social and

educational service (SuE) was terminated at the end of 2021 and by May 2022 there
should be wage disputes with the association of municipal employers. As the Freie
Arbeiter*innen-Union (FAU) we will use these disputes to hold discussions with
our colleagues in the companies and to set up trade union company groups. ---- In
the social and educational service there have been many different problems for
years that urgently need to be solved. This affects our working conditions, which
have continued to deteriorate during the corona pandemic, as well as the
comparatively poor pay in our industry.

Because of the increasingly demanding and intense work, we see an urgent need for
significantly longer annual leave, as has been the case in other educational
fields (e.g. for teachers) for a long time, and a reduction in working hours to
30 hours per week, which left-wing trade unionists have been demanding for
decades week with full wage compensation.

ver.di and GEW agreed on a de facto wage reduction in November 2021. Nobody pays
their rent from applause - neither from real wage cuts by ver.di/GEW!

What to expect:

In November 2021, the inflation rate in Germany reached its highest level in
almost 30 years at over five percent. In this situation, ver.di and GEW signed a
new collective agreement, the result is a disaster for the 800,000 employees
affected.

There is a tax-free one-off payment (corona premium) of 650 to 1,300 euros in the
first quarter of 2022 and from December 1st wages and salaries will be increased
by 2.8% (over two years). In addition, there are ridiculously low allowances for
individual professional groups in the health sector.

That means a round of minuses for two years given the current price hike. In view
of the pathetic conclusion, the ver.di boss raved about "noticeable improvements
in income". It remained unclear why there was actually no fighting?

The conclusion for the civil service of the federal states is a threatening
example of what is in store for us if we do not organize ourselves very quickly
to prevent real wage cuts for us too and to push through significant wage increases.

The situation:

We struggle with staff shortages, work intensification, lack of preparation time,
etc., have no planned and paid time for various jobs (e.g. "case-unspecific"
time, preparation and follow-up work, documentation work, work in the social
room, etc.), often work with inadequate technical equipment , are classified as
job starters when changing jobs, often have to do our daily work without the
necessary further education and training and are often not even paid the modest
standard wage.

Specifically, we demand:

- the occupational groups in the SuE are to be grouped one salary group higher
throughout

- the monthly income is to be increased by a minimum gross amount of 500 euros

- Above all, the low-wage groups should be adjusted upwards

- the annual special payment should also be paid proportionately to the employees
who leave before December of a year

- If a public holiday falls on a weekend, it must be made up for on the following
weekday

Some general demands for the collective bargaining round:

- When changing jobs, the previous level must be taken into account, and
professional experience acquired with other providers or in other professional
fields must also be recognised.

- Adaptation of the previous long stage durations in the social and educational
service to the durations of the other TVöD (= one year in stage 1, two years in
stage 2, etc.).

Some requirements for social work:

- Working hours should be reduced to 30 hours/week with full wage compensation,
work intensification should be ruled out.

- Work processes must be organized in such a way that the workload can be
sustained even with a full-time position until retirement. Higher wages (see
above) create greater scope for individual reductions in working hours.

- For activities with a fixed job key (e.g. general social service, case
management, social service in accommodation, etc.), a definition based on
professional standards should be established.

- Risk assessments must be prepared for all work areas and the workload must be
clearly taken into account.

- The on-call services must be remunerated with the full working hours plus the
respective supplements.

- Entitlement to paid further and advanced training according to our requirements
and wishes.

fau-sued-sue@fau.org | www.fau.org

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