24 November 2021, Bremen: Public service workers demonstrate with a human chain on the Weser promenade between the Burgermeister-Smidt-Brucke and the Wilhelm-Kaisen-Brucke. In the ongoing collective bargaining conflict for the employees of the federal states, the trade union Verdi continues its warning strikes. Verdi and the civil servants' association dbb are demanding five percent more pay for the more than one million state employees nationwide, but at least 150 euros per month, and even 300 euros more in the health sector. Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa

24 November 2021, Bremen: Public service workers demonstrate with a human chain on the Weser promenade between the Burgermeister-Smidt-Brucke and the Wilhelm-Kaisen-Brucke. In the ongoing collective bargaining conflict for the employees of the federal states, the trade union Verdi continues its warning strikes. Verdi and the civil servants' association dbb are demanding five percent more pay for the more than one million state employees nationwide, but at least 150 euros per month, and even 300 euros more in the health sector. Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa

24 November 2021, Bremen: Public service workers demonstrate with a human chain on the Weser promenade between the Burgermeister-Smidt-Brucke and the Wilhelm-Kaisen-Brucke. In the ongoing collective bargaining conflict for the employees of the federal states, the trade union Verdi continues its warning strikes. Verdi and the civil servants' association dbb are demanding five percent more pay for the more than one million state employees nationwide, but at least 150 euros per month, and even 300 euros more in the health sector. Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa

24 November 2021, Bremen: Public service workers demonstrate with a human chain on the Weser promenade between the Burgermeister-Smidt-Brucke and the Wilhelm-Kaisen-Brucke. In the ongoing collective bargaining conflict for the employees of the federal states, the trade union Verdi continues its warning strikes. Verdi and the civil servants' association dbb are demanding five percent more pay for the more than one million state employees nationwide, but at least 150 euros per month, and even 300 euros more in the health sector. Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa

24 November 2021, Bremen: Public service workers demonstrate with a human chain on the Weser promenade between the Burgermeister-Smidt-Brucke and the Wilhelm-Kaisen-Brucke. In the ongoing collective bargaining conflict for the employees of the federal states, the trade union Verdi continues its warning strikes. Verdi and the civil servants' association dbb are demanding five percent more pay for the more than one million state employees nationwide, but at least 150 euros more per month, and even 300 euros more in the health sector. Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa

24 November 2021, Bremen: Public service workers demonstrate with a human chain on the Weser promenade between the Mayor-Smidt-Bridge and the Wilhelm-Kaisen-Bridge, two participants stand with a mask with the inscription "indispensable". In the ongoing wage dispute for state employees, the union Verdi continues its warning strikes. Verdi and the civil servants' association dbb are demanding five percent more pay for the more than one million state employees nationwide, but at least 150 euros per month, and even 300 euros more in the health sector. Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa

24 November 2021, Bremen: Public service workers demonstrate with a human chain on the Weser promenade between the Burgermeister-Smidt-Brucke and the Wilhelm-Kaisen-Brucke. In the ongoing collective bargaining conflict for the employees of the federal states, the trade union Verdi continues its warning strikes. Verdi and the civil servants' association dbb are demanding five percent more pay for the more than one million state employees nationwide, but at least 150 euros more per month, and even 300 euros more in the health sector. Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa

24 November 2021, Bremen: Public service workers demonstrate with a human chain on the Weser promenade between the Burgermeister-Smidt-Brucke and the Wilhelm-Kaisen-Brucke. In the ongoing collective bargaining conflict for the employees of the federal states, the trade union Verdi continues its warning strikes. Verdi and the civil servants' association dbb are demanding five percent more pay for the more than one million state employees nationwide, but at least 150 euros more per month, and even 300 euros more in the health sector. Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa

24 November 2021, Bremen: Public service workers demonstrate with a human chain on the Weser promenade between the Burgermeister-Smidt-Brucke and the Wilhelm-Kaisen-Brucke. In the ongoing collective bargaining conflict for the employees of the federal states, the trade union Verdi continues its warning strikes. Verdi and the civil servants' association dbb are demanding five percent more pay for the more than one million state employees nationwide, but at least 150 euros per month, and even 300 euros more in the health sector. Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa