Those who were aware of the situation witnessed a huge commotion surrounding the CGZP regarding tariff eligibility and similar issues. This was confirmed in Erfurt on December 14, 2010.
Following this, there was a meeting at our company with the works council of the parent company, a representative from ver.di, and ourselves as employees of the internal staffing agency.
It is hardly surprising that ver.di members waited in vain for two years for assistance. They were only sent new forms to sign, but nothing ever happened. Only the members of a trade union within the Christian Trade Union Federation received more money through a mere formal letter. Two pay grades higher, achieved simply by one letter! Please do not misunderstand me: I am not blaming ver.di. There too, only people work, and they have just as much or little desire to strive in their job as others. It should be clear that those below them also suffer, more or less. And consequently, the trade union itself gets a bad image.
Anyway. Shortly after the announcement of the judgment, we received an employment contract with the parent company. Exactly what we had wanted for so long. But… the contract was not as hoped.
First, we did not receive the same pay as our “colleagues,” but significantly less, even though we performed the same or even more physically demanding work. Furthermore, the contract contained passages that were legally more than just questionable: for example, a notice period of only one week during the probation period by the employer, sick pay amounted to only 8 hours per day in case of illness, and continued worse working conditions than before.
This led to the aforementioned meeting. The ver.di representative was convinced that this contract could be signed without hesitation, as he was apparently glad that our company would close and thus our jobs would disappear. It didn’t matter to him if all trucks were off the road; as long as one staffing agency disappeared. Furthermore, he claimed that if the company did not disappear in this manner, ver.di would have filed a lawsuit against this company. However, he provided no justification for this step.
Well, as you can see, not everything that shines is gold. The membership fee of 1% of the monthly gross salary would have been better invested in good professional legal protection than in a DGB trade union with an incompetent trade union official. After all, it was he who let things come to this point.
But it also shows again: It is not the trade union that is bad. It is the employees who turn the screw on quality…
