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Press releases
02. Juni 2026: Lisa Jopt legt das Amt der geschäftsführenden Präsidentin der GDBA nieder
June 30, 2025: Court confirms discrimination: Non-renewal notice ineffective
June 20, 2025: Nationwide warning strike at over 80 locations: artists' unions send a powerful signal for fair pay
June 18, 2025: BFFS, GDBA, unisono and VdO call for a work stoppage!
May 8, 2025: Breakthrough! Collective agreement in NV Bühne (small working time package)
April 1, 2025: Topless? Not with me! Nationwide helmet requirement for German stages and orchestras
March 18, 2025: Employees at over 100 theaters follow the call of the BFFS & GDBA unions
March 17, 2025: First nationwide joint industrial action by artists' unions at theaters!
March 7, 2025: First collective wage agreement for guest artists at German theatres
December 10, 2024: GDBA, unisono, ver.di demand: Mainfranken Theater Würzburg needs a fresh start
September 27, 2024: Poor is not sexy
August 05, 2024: BKM plans to significantly weaken the independent scene
July 01, 2024: BFFS, GDBA and VdO demand: Reform NV Bühne in line with the times, conclude collective agreement for guests
March 11, 2024: GDBA calls for solidarity strikes with ver.di in the TV-H sector
February 27, 2024: Collective agreement to adopt the TV-L increases in the NV Bühne
February 14, 2024: Start of the nationwide information campaign #StoppNVFlatrate
February 14, 11 a.m. Press invitationto digital press conference
December 20, 2023: Start of negotiations to adjust the NV-Bühne salaries to the TV-L agreement
October 19, 2023: New chance for settlement of wage dispute
June 29, 2023: Mass dismissal due to change of directorship at Landestheater Schwaben
June 27, 2023: Collective bargaining "working time" failed
June 22, 2023: Negotiations fail: German Stage Association rejects inflation compensation for guests
June 06, 2023: Agreement in collective bargaining dispute - BFFS, GDBA and VdO reach wage increases in collective bargaining with the German Stage Association (Deutscher Bühnenverein)
March 26, 2023: Tariff committee of the German Stage Association demands unreasonable conditions for working time regulations
March 17, 2023: GDBA welcomes decision for Antonio Gerolamo Fancellu
March 17, 2023: Social protection must be part of the Intendanzfindung
March 09, 2023: Eastern regional association calls for dialog instead of ban
January 12, 2023: GDBA Freelancers' Council is established
January 05, 2023: Stop escalation by the intendant in Naumburg
December 23, 2022: Non-renewal process begins with hearing
09 December 2022: Solidarity with Julia Preuß and Katharina Schmidt
09 December 2022: Solidarity with Antonio Gerolamo Fancellu
October 27, 2022: The power of the Intendanz strikes again in full force
October 06, 2022: Collective agreements for all artists at theaters
September 29, 2022: Positioning the union for the future
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