Ti­mes are get­ting tougher and tougher, espe­ci­al­ly for pu­blic ser­vice broad­cas­ting. The per­ma­nent pres­su­re to sa­ve mo­ney is par­ti­cu­lar­ly no­ti­cea­ble among free­lan­cers and tem­po­ra­ry em­ploy­ees. They form the ma­jo­ri­ty at DW. ver­.­di is the tra­de uni­on at DW, which is known to ad­opt a cle­ar stan­ce and ef­fec­tive­ly sup­port its mem­bers at ma­ny le­vels: in col­lec­ti­ve bar­gai­ning, le­gal­ly and po­li­ti­cal­ly.