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Early this morning IG BAU started so called short and limited „warning strikes“ in several companies the German building cleaning sector. In hospitals, army barracks and other buildings building cleaners walked out to support the IG BAU. The public support and media coverage was good. Many more building cleaners all over Germany will go on warning strike this evening. We will continue with warning strikes in several companies during the next two weeks.



From Monday, 5^th of October 2009 they will also organise a national ballot about an unlimited strike in the sector (on-going until 15th of October).



If the employers continue to refuse to start serious negotiations with IG BAU for a new national collective wage agreement and there is also a majority in the ballot for a nation-wide unlimited strike, an unlimited nation-wide strike will follow immediately after the 15^th.



Thousands of building cleaners have joined IG BAU during the month of September to demonstrate their support for our fight for a new and better national collective agreement.



Though many workers in the sector are vulnerable and many employers threaten them with job losses etc. the workers stand firm to their union.



Background information can be found on the following site:

http://www.sauberkeithatihrenpreis.de/download/Flugblatt_5_englisch.pdf



Photo provided by IG BAU.