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Fight for better wages: Müritz Clinic nurses demand collective agreement!
Nursing staff at the Müritz Clinic in Neubrandenburg are calling for collective agreements for better working conditions and higher wages.
Fight for better wages: Müritz Clinic nurses demand collective agreement!
At the Müritz Clinic, located in the idyllic Mecklenburg Lake District, the signs point to change. Non-medical staff are strongly demanding the introduction of a collective agreement. According to the current information from NDR Around 450 employees are committed to ensuring that MediClin's doctors also apply the public service tariff regulations at the Waren, Röbel and Neubrandenburg locations. A central concern here is improved compensation for free time for employees' voluntary shift work.
The ver.di union has clear goals in its sights for the negotiations: appropriate remuneration and better working conditions. Employees in lower wage groups in particular can benefit from the collective agreements. An example illustrates the urgency: According to ver.di, nursing assistants in the public sector earn almost 50 percent more than their colleagues in the Müritz Clinic. The deadline for negotiations runs until the end of November and feedback from management is still pending.
Previous collective bargaining and new developments
Part of this discussion is the progress that has already been made this year. In May 2025, a collective agreement was concluded with the Marburger Bund doctors' union Marburg Bund reported. After a failed conversation in October 2024 and the warning strike in January 2025, the new collective bargaining framework for doctors came into force on July 1, 2025.
This doctor-specific collective agreement aims to make the working and remuneration conditions for medical staff more dynamic. For this purpose, a salary table was introduced, which starts with monthly amounts between €5,170.00 and €5,470.00 for doctors in the first two years. The table is valid until 2026 before further adjustments follow.
What's next?
The coming months could be crucial, especially with regard to the demands of non-medical staff. The management of the Müritz Clinic has not yet commented on the current situation, and the non-medical staff hopes that this will change. A possible agreement could significantly increase the clinic's attractiveness as an employer, which would be important for both employees and patients in the future.
In the period up to the end of the month it remains to be seen whether a good hand will be shown for the negotiations despite the existing challenges. Let's hope that the discussions lead to improvements for everyone involved, because one thing is clear: There is something going on at the Müritz Clinic.