Editing Ver.di (section)

=== 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>