Youth care workers, members of trade union FNV, took part in a strike action. This is part of their long- running campaign to get a better collective agreement for the 32,000 workers in the sector and to address the issues of workload, recruitment and retention. The union argues that overwork and poor pay and employment conditions are driving workers from the sector and this only increases the workload for those who remain. Alongside better pay, the union is calling for increased funding for the sector. This message was endorsed by the many organisations that joined the national demonstration.
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