Editing Ver.di (section)

== Tasks and objectives ==
=== Collective bargaining policy ===
Verdi is committed to using collective agreements to secure and shape working conditions for employees.<ref>{{cite book|language=de|author=Astrid Schmidt|publisher=ver.di Bundesverwaltung|title=Ver.di macht Tarifpolitik: Arbeitsbedingungen durch Tarifverträge absichern und mitgestalten|location=Berlin|date=2011}}</ref> In the past, Verdi argued for maintaining collective agreement unity on several occasions, claiming that it supported the assertiveness of staff and the acceptance of collective bargaining.<ref>{{cite book|language=de|author=Carsten Denis Graser|title=Aufgabe des Grundsatzes der Tarifeinheit: Gefährden neue Spartengewerkschaften die Tarifpolitik im Betrieb?|publisher=Diplomica Verlag|location=Hamburg|date=2012|isbn=978-3-8428-7900-3|pages=49}}</ref> Verdi rejected all attempts to change employees' right to strike and announced that it planned to take action against corresponding statutory limitations, even by taking cases to the [[Federal Constitutional Court|German Federal Constitutional Court]].<ref>{{cite web|language=de|url=https://www.verdi.de/themen/geld-tarif/tarifeinheit/++co++c86a4d8e-7180-11e4-9090-52540059119e|website=verdi.de|title=Stellungnahme zum "Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur Tarifeinheit"|date=November 18, 2014|access-date=December 17, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|language=de|url=http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/tarifeinheit-ver-di-will-laut-bsirske-verfassungsbeschwerde-a-1030069.html|title=Neues Gesetz: Ver.di droht mit Verfassungsbeschwerde gegen Tarifeinheit|website=Spiegel Online|date=April 22, 2015|access-date=December 17, 2015}}</ref> Within the scope of its collective bargaining policy, Verdi particularly focuses on achieving equality between men and women.<ref>{{cite book|language=de|author=Juliane Achatz|title=Geschlechterungleichheiten im Betrieb: Arbeit, Entlohnung und Gleichstellung in der Privatwirtschaft|publisher=Edition Sigma|location=Berlin|date=2010|isbn=978-3-8360-8710-0|pages=525}}</ref> Gender mainstreaming additionally plays a role when it comes to the composition of the trade union's own executive board.<ref>{{cite web|language=de|url=http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/frauenquote-im-management-ver-di-vorstand-raeumt-posten-fuer-eine-frau-a-748375.html|website=Spiegel Online|date=March 1, 2011|access-date=December 17, 2015|title=Frauenquote im Management: Ver.di-Vorstand räumt Posten für eine Frau}}</ref> Another objective of Verdi's collective bargaining policy is to bring wages and pensions in Germany's old and new federal states into line.<ref>{{cite news|language=de|url=http://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2014-10/loehne-ost-west-bda|newspaper=Die Zeit|title=Arbeitgeber warnen vor gleichen Löhnen in Ost und West|date=October 10, 2014|access-date=December 17, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|language=de|url=http://www.bund-verlag.de/zeitschriften/soziale-sicherheit/ausgabe/2015/5/Kurz-gefasst-10012084/|website=bund-verlag.de|title=Das ver.di-Modell 2.0 zur Ost-West-Rentenangleichung|author=Ragnar Hoenig, Judith Kerschbaumer|access-date=December 17, 2015}}</ref>

Verdi's collective bargaining policy has above all attracted widespread media attention due to labour disputes in the public service. In 2006, the members of the trade union accepted a new collective agreement for the Public Service of the German Federal States after having previously gone on strike over a period of three months.<ref>{{cite news|language=de|title=Mitglieder von Verdi nehmen Tarife an|newspaper=Handelsblatt|date=May 30, 2006|pages=4}}</ref> The Marburger Bund chose to reject the result of the negotiations at the time,<ref>{{cite news|language=de|title=Ärzte lehnen Tarifeinigung mit ver.di ab – Streikruhe in der kommenden Woche|newspaper=Main-Post|date=May 22, 2006}}</ref> leading the media to report that it was "on a collision course" with Verdi.<ref>{{cite news|language=de|title=Marburger Bund sucht Kraftprobe – Kein Ende der Ärztestreiks nach Tarifkompromiß im öffentlichen Dienst|newspaper=Berliner Morgenpost|date=May 22, 2006|pages=3}}</ref> The collective bargaining association between the two trade unions had already been dissolved in the previous year.<ref>{{cite news|language=de|author=Carsten Grün|title=Ein neuer Tarif mit viele Gegnern|newspaper=Die Tageszeitung|date=September 30, 2005|pages=6}}</ref> In 2007, Verdi and the [[German Civil Service Federation]] (DBB) launched an advertising campaign costing three million Euros with the motto of "Genug gespart" (Enough saved).<ref>{{cite web|language=de|url=http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/oeffentlicher-dienst-gewerkschaften-drohen-schon-jetzt-mit-streik-2008-a-499184.html|title=Öffentlicher Dienst: Gewerkschaften drohen schon jetzt mit Streik 2008|website=Spiegel Online|date=August 9, 2007|access-date=January 5, 2016}}</ref> The aim of the campaign was to drawn more attention to the work carried out by the public service in the run-up to new collective agreement negotiations.<ref>{{cite news|language=de|author=Inga Helfrich|title=Drei Millionen Euro für die Einheit: Ver.di und DBB schließen Zweckbündnis für die Tarifrunde 2008 und bekritteln den Egoismus der Kleingewerkschaften|newspaper=Die Tageszeitung|date=August 10, 2007|pages=6}}</ref> After a wave of warning strikes and several rounds of negotiations, the parties called for conciliation in March 2008.<ref>{{cite news|language=de|title=Öffentlicher Dienst: Jetzt haben Schlichter das Wort – Tarifverhandlungen nach nächtlicher Marathonsitzung ergebnislos beendet|newspaper=Berliner Morgenpost|date=March 8, 2008|pages=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|language=de|title=Ruhe vor dem Sturm|newspaper=WirtschaftsWoche|date=March 17, 2008|pages=36}}</ref> Although this failed, Verdi ultimately agreed on a new collective agreement with the German Federal Government, the German federal states and local authorities.<ref>{{cite news|language=de|title=Schlichtung im öffentlichen Dienst gescheitert – wegen einer halben Stunde Mehrarbeit|newspaper=Frankfurter Neue Presse|date=March 28, 2008|pages=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|language=de|author=Sven Kästner|title=Der Streik ist abgewendet: Einigung nach zähen Verhandlungen|newspaper=Hamburger Abendblatt|date=April 1, 2008|pages=2}}</ref> The trade union achieved a wage increase of eight percent,<ref>{{cite news|language=de|author=Stefan von Borstel|title=Teuer erkauft|newspaper=Die Welt|date=April 1, 2008|pages=1}}</ref> which some observers labelled a heavy burden for the public budgets.<ref>{{cite news|language=de|title=Einigung droht Kassen zu sprengen|newspaper=Handelsblatt|date=April 1, 2008|pages=3}}</ref> Verdi attracted a total of 50,000 new members during the trade dispute.<ref>{{cite news|language=de|title=50 000 neue Mitglieder für Ver.di|newspaper=Hamburger Abendblatt|date=April 1, 2008|pages=2}}</ref> It later managed to repeat that success in similar negotiations in 2018, with an agreement which provides for a cumulative 7.5 per cent increase in salaries over a period of 30 months and includes top-ups and extra payments designed to make the public sector a more attractive employer.<ref>Tobias Buck (April 18, 2018), [https://www.ft.com/content/f1292b6e-42fb-11e8-803a-295c97e6fd0b German public sector workers win bumper wage increase] ''[[Financial Times]]''.</ref>

Notably, Verdi held a series of strikes at [[Deutsche Post]] in 2015 in a dispute over pay and plans for a new parcel division. Those walkouts, one of which lasted four weeks, cost the firm 100 million euros at the time.<ref>Victoria Bryan and Matthias Inverardi (February 22, 2018), [https://www.reuters.com/article/deutsche-post-wages/update-2-german-union-says-more-deutsche-post-strikes-likely-friday-idUSL8N1QC1O0 German union says more Deutsche Post strikes likely Friday] ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref>

In 2023, airports in the major German cities of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg all announced that no flights would depart from the airport on 13 March due to a strike for security staff organized by Verdi over a dispute in pay.<ref>{{cite news|language=en|title=No departures at Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg airports as security staff strike|newspaper=Reuters|date=March 13, 2023}}</ref>

=== Educational services ===
[[File:Wmde praesidiumsklausur wannsee 23.06.2012 13-11-34.jpg|thumbnail|Verdi educational center "Clara Sahlberg", Berlin-Wannsee]]

Verdi runs a number of educational centres throughout Germany, all of which aim to support the exchange of experiences and expertise between its members. These services are particularly, but not exclusively, aimed at active works councils. The educational centres are also used as venues for job-related and general further education programmes on a wide variety of different topics.<ref>{{cite web|language=de|website=verdi.de|url=https://bildungsportal.verdi.de/upload/bildungsverstaendnis_lang.pdf|title=Zum Bildungsverständnis der Vereinten Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft|date=May 4, 2005|access-date=January 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224110820/https://bildungsportal.verdi.de/upload/bildungsverstaendnis_lang.pdf|archive-date=February 24, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Verdi currently runs educational centres in [[Berlin]], [[Bielefeld]], [[Brannenburg]], [[Gladenbach]], [[Mosbach]], [[Naumburg, Hesse|Naumburg]] (Hesse), [[Saalfeld]], [[Undeloh]] and [[Walsrode]].<ref>{{cite web|language=de|url=https://bildungsportal.verdi.de/freie_seite.php3?si=50bc518dce588&lang=1&view=&hauptkategorie=bildungsstaetten|title=Die Bildungszentren|publisher=ver.di Bundesverwaltung|access-date=February 24, 2016}}</ref> It closed its site in Hörste at the end of 2015 and the building is now being used as a home for refugees.<ref>{{cite news|language=de|author=Dirk-Ulrich Brüggemann, Patrick Bockwinkel|title=Verein: Ins Gewerkschaftshaus kommen Flüchtlinge|newspaper=Neue Westfälische|date=October 27, 2015|pages=4}}</ref>

Alongside the educational centres specified above, there are also a number of independent ver.di educational institutes that were taken over from the former German Union of Salaried Employees (DAG) in several federal states.

; ver.di Bildung + Beratung Gemeinnützige GmbH
ver.di Bildung + Beratung, known as ver.di b+b for short, is Verdi's educational institution that operates throughout Germany. It is responsible for running seminars for statutory special interest groups, namely [[works council]], staff council and [[Works council#Youth and trainees council|Youth and Trainees Council]] (JAV) members, as well as members of representative bodies for disabled employees and employee representation committees. ver.di b+b has been examined and certified by the independent institute for "Learner-Oriented Quality Testing in Further Education and Training" (Lernerorientierte Qualitätstestierung in der Weiterbildung).

ver.di b+b also works as a book publishing house and publishes guidebooks, work guides and legal commentaries.

The company's head office is based in the German city of Düsseldorf. ver.di b+b is represented in 25 locations throughout Germany.

Its subsidiary "Rat.geber GmbH" advises boards and committees and runs the public bookshop at Verdi's administrative headquarters in Berlin.

=== International memberships ===
Verdi is a member of multiple [[global union federation]]s such as the [[UNI Global Union]], the [[International Transport Workers' Federation]], the [[International Graphical Federation]], the [[International Federation of Journalists]] and the [[Public Services International]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.world-psi.org/en/psi-affiliated-organisations|title=PSI affiliated organisations|date=27 February 2014 |publisher=Public Services International|access-date=November 28, 2016}}</ref> and several European trade union federations, namely [[European Federation of Public Service Unions|EPSU]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Section B Profiles and structural developments oftransnational trade union federations 109 |work=Global and European Trade Union Federations |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.3726/978-3-0353-0185-4/8 |access-date=2024-06-11 |publisher=Peter Lang}}</ref> It is also a member of the [[European Movement Germany]] (EBD) and a partner of the [[Tax Justice Network]].<ref>{{cite web|language=de|url=http://steuergerechtigkeit.blogspot.de/|title=Mitglieder|publisher=Netzwerk Steuergerechtigkeit Deutschland|access-date=October 7, 2014}}</ref>