Public sector workers and civil servants belonging to the German Ver.di trade union are celebrating a major collective bargaining breakthrough with a new pay deal offering increases of 7.5% over ...
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By Peter Scherrer, Deputy General Secretary, ETUC The German economy is flourishing, with growth expanding throughout 2017. Unemployment, at under 4%, has never been lower since German ...
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German metalworkers are backing up their demand for higher wages and reduced hours with a campaign of warning strikes. On 8 January, some 160,000 workers at more than 80 companies, including ...
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Social partners in the textile sector in Germany have agreed a new wage deal that will offer a 4.4% increase overall to 100,000 employees in the Länder of the former West Germany. The accord also ...
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