10 days after services union Verdi went on indefinite strike at Deutsche Post DHL, DPVKom, the Post and Telecoms union, has announced it will join the action. The union started consultations on the issue last week and on June 18 president Volker Geyer indicated that an overwhelming majority (92%) of members had voted in favor of joining the strike action even though this union’s demands diverge slightly from those of its competitor union Verdi (c.f. article No 9121). However their common goals center round a 5.5% pay rise and that the 49 letters and packages distribution subsidiaries cease to exist. There is currently zero communication between management and the unions and each day Verdi ups the pressure by calling more and more members out on strike thus increasingly paralyzing the system as Deutsche Post does its best with what its got.
On Thursday during DPKom’s announcement of the consultation with its members, its president Volker Geyer declared, “Deutsche Post employees are no longer willing to break their backs to reach ridiculous profit targets. This company’s policy is working against its own employees and must stop forthwith.”
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