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Burden instead of relieve
2026/46 | Domestic | Nursing staff at the Berlin Charité voted for an indefinite strike. The fatal consequences of the federal government's social cuts are evident at the Berlin Charité. Because the Ge
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Who cares for the nurses? Without a collective agreement to relieve the burden, there is a risk of overload and staff shortages in nursing care.
Who cares for the nurses? Without a collective agreement to relieve the burden, there is a risk of overload and staff shortages in nursing care.
The signs point to industrial action. The Verdi union has been negotiating with the board of the Berlin Charité since July about a collective agreement on staffing and effective burden compensation. The employees at the Charité have already gone through ten days of warning strikes and several unsuccessful rounds of negotiations. Now there are signs that the collective bargaining conflict will intensify. On Friday last week, 98 percent of union members voted in favor of an indefinite strike starting November 12th.
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