Germany: negotiations failed at the Deutsche Post, Verdi launches the first warning strikes

The mailboxes of 14 large German cities will remain empty today. The services' union Ver.di threatens to carry on with the movement if the Deutsche Post does not accept, among other things, a new agreement on job security until 2011. (Ref. 080253)
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The
collective agreement in effect for the Deutsche
Post ended on Monday, march 31 before social partners, who have been
negotiating for a month, could reach a new agreement. Since Monday, March 31,
the 130.000 people working at the Deutsche Post are not protected against
economic layoffs anymore. As a consequence, Ver.di launched the first warning strike,
which mobilizes almost 5.000 employees in 14 German cities. The Deutsche Post
qualified this strike of “incomprehensible and useless because

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