No agreement at the University Hospital in Frankfurt: after the fourth round of negotiations, the Verdi union still sees the positions in the talks about relief for non-medical employees far apart - and insists on an improved offer from the hospital side.
Frankfurt/Main (dpa/lhe) - The Verdi trade union and the Frankfurt University Hospital once again failed to reach an agreement in their negotiations on relief for non-medical staff. "We are still far apart in our positions," said Verdi negotiator Georg Schulze on Friday after the fourth round of talks. A spokesman for the university hospital said there was no result yet.
The largest group of the approximately 4,000 employees to whom the relief package should apply are nursing staff. For example, the union wanted to achieve a relief day during the negotiations if the employees had three stress shifts, explained Schulze. "The employer side only offers a day off after 20 stress shifts. This has not changed their position," said the Verdi negotiator. "This is just one example of many where we are far apart."
Verdi is now waiting for an improved offer from the employer side, which they have promised for Monday evening (September 5), said Schulze. "We will discuss this with the team delegates on Tuesday, September 6th. It is now a matter of how we proceed." Further negotiation dates were not initially agreed, and the university clinic would agree on this.
The negotiators on the clinic side had previously shown themselves to be “fundamentally confident” about the talks. The commercial director, Markus Jones, had spoken of a match of around 90 percent with the demands of the union. The core of the clinic's offer is a new system in which the workload of the nursing staff is recorded for each individual bed in each individual shift and the personnel requirements for a ward are determined on the basis of this. The system, dubbed "PPR 2.0," is scheduled to launch on July 1, 2023. In addition, there should be an increase in a jumper pool, as well as points for additional days off or extra payment for employees in stressful situations, as well as an increase in non-medical staff. Last week there was a two-day warning strike at the university hospital.
