Whereas the German services union, Ver.di, asked its members to support deutsche Telekom's employees, on strike since May 11, during a national "solidarity day" on Wednesday, May 30, the management of the German telephone company hardened the tone and did not rule out economic lay offs if the conflict intensified. (Ref. 070468)
In spite of a strike voted on May 10, 2007 (see our story n° 070417) Deutsche Telekom’s management announced, during an unannounced press conference on May 25, that the controversial transfer of 50,000 employees from T-Com (landline company) to three external companies would take place, as planned, at the latest on July 1, 2007 – whether Ver.di agrees or not. In these new companies, the employees concerned will see their wages decrease of 9% and their working time increase of 4 hours, reaching
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