Public servants demand higher salaries - Strikes become inevitable for improved pay in public services
In a recent statement, SPD State Parliamentarian Sonja Bongers has voiced her support for striking public sector workers, citing the need for reasonable wages and a more attractive public sector. Bongers, who is also the chair of the SPD City Council faction, believes that employees in essential sectors like kindergartens, clinics, hospices, police, and justice, among others, are vital and deserve recognition.
Bongers has not specified a particular wage increase percentage for other industries but has asserted that employers in all sectors must keep up with rising wages in the current price spiral. She believes that wage increases for employees should be used for consumption, not tax gifts to the wealthy.
The SPD parliamentarian has also highlighted the impact of past price increases on employees, stating that more than four percent real wage loss has occurred among them. However, in this statement, Bongers did not comment on the current inflation rate.
Bongers finds criticism from some CDU politicians incomprehensible, stating that it is in everyone's interest, including the economy, for the middle class to remain financially liquid. She believes that the demand for a 10.5% wage increase by striking public sector workers is understandable due to current inflation.
Bongers has not differentiated between wage increases for public and private sectors in this statement, stating that other industries also have a claim to rising wages. She does not mention the impact of wage increases on the economy or the middle class in this statement, nor does she discuss the use of wage increases for consumption or tax gifts in this context.
It is worth noting that the available search results do not contain information about Sonja Bongers' stance on public sector workers' strikes, wage increases, or criticisms from the CDU, beyond the information provided in this statement. For a more comprehensive understanding of the SPD's general positions on these topics or recent debates involving public sector strikes and wage issues in Germany, further research may be required.
In her statement, SPD State Parliamentarian Sonja Bongers advocates for all sectors to follow the trend of rising wages and encourages employers to allocate wage increases to employees' consumption rather than tax benefits for the wealthy. She also addresses the real wage loss among employees due to past price increases and supports the demand for a significant wage increase among striking public sector workers as a response to current inflation. Yet, she refrains from differentiating between wage increases in the public and private sectors and avoids discussing the potential economic impact, instead urging an understanding of the middle class's financial stability.
