Collective bargaining round for public employees fails

Minister Faeser and the chief negotiator for the municipalities, Gelsenkirchen’s mayor Karin Welge (both SPD), were disappointed. “I very much regret that the unions have now broken off negotiations,” said Faeser. “We would have wished for something else, and I think that especially in these times of crisis it would have been good to stay at the negotiating table.” Employers approached the unions “to the limit of being responsible for public budgets”.