Tag: Collective bargaining
Germany is threatened with a traffic heart attack on Monday
Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Berlin Traffic in Germany is likely to come to a standstill in large parts next Monday. The reason for this is the call for strikes by several trade…
Germany is threatened with a traffic heart attack on Monday
Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Berlin Traffic in Germany is likely to come to a standstill in large parts next Monday. The reason for this is the call for strikes by several trade…
Germany is threatened with a traffic heart attack on Monday
Municipal employees on warning strike in Bremen The unions are demanding 10.5 percent more money, but at least 500 euros a month. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt, Berlin Traffic in Germany threatens…
Verdi calls for a warning strike at Berlin Airport on Monday
Warning strike at the airport There have also been flight cancellations at the largest airports in NRW in recent weeks due to warning strikes. (Photo: IMAGO/kolbert-press) Berlin Air travelers have…
Verdi calls for a warning strike at Berlin Airport on Monday
Warning strike at the airport There have also been flight cancellations at the largest airports in NRW in recent weeks due to warning strikes. (Photo: IMAGO/kolbert-press) Berlin Air travelers have…
Verdi calls for a warning strike at Berlin Airport on Monday
Warning strike at the airport There have also been flight cancellations at the largest airports in NRW in recent weeks due to warning strikes. (Photo: IMAGO/kolbert-press) Berlin Air travelers have…
Why there will be no wage-price spiral
There can be no optimal results from wage negotiations. The introductory economics textbook already knows that. Employee wages are always a profit-reducing cost for employers. In and of itself, each…
Is it really worth it for employees?
>>iOS WSI researcher Bispinck has now calculated how the bonuses work for a fictitious wage agreement that runs from January 2023 to December 2024. In variant 1, 3,000 euros are…
Chancellery ends concerted action against rising prices
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Employer President Rainer Dulger, DGB boss Yasmin Fahimi (from left) The “concentrated action” was intended to avoid high wage settlements, which could otherwise trigger the dreaded…
Preliminary decision on strike will be made next Tuesday
Deutsche Bahn trains in Hamburg Central Station Dusseldorf In the collective bargaining dispute between Deutsche Bahn and the railway workers’ union EVG, the first warning strikes in rail transport are…
Unions reject first offer in collective bargaining dispute
Rally of public servants The Verdi and DBB civil servants’ union and collective bargaining union are demanding 10.5 percent more money, but at least 500 euros. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In…
Why the municipalities will not get involved in a “social component” of 500 euros
Chief negotiator Frank Werneke (Verdi), Nancy Faeser (federal government) and Karin Welge (municipalities, from left) The talks also deal with the “social component”. (Photo: dpa) Berlin When the collective bargaining…
Germany is missing four years of economic growth
Dusseldorf The positive image of the German economy is misleading. Contrary to what the federal government often suggests, the German economy has by no means come through the pandemic particularly…
Collective bargaining failed – new strike threatened
Protest rally by Deutsche Post employees Collective bargaining with the Verdi union has failed. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Collective bargaining for around 160,000 employees at Deutsche Post has failed. The third…
Nestlé and Unilever raise prices – but don’t pay an inflation premium
Dusseldorf Ironically, Nestlé and Unilever: The largest and fourth-largest consumer goods group in the world have so far refused their employees an inflation premium – despite good business. “The workforce…
The EVG railway union is demanding twelve percent more wages – and expects strikes
Deutsche Bahn The first strikes on the railways could be imminent as early as March. (Photo: dpa) Fulda The railway and transport union (EVG) is demanding twelve percent more wages…
Warning strikes at the post office again on Monday and Tuesday
postal strike The third round of negotiations will continue on February 8th and 9th in Düsseldorf. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Bonn In the coming week, numerous letters and parcels in Germany…
Verdi union announces nationwide strikes
Employee in the postal dispatch center The Verdi union is demanding 15 percent more wages for around 160,000 employees in Germany over a period of twelve months. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf…
The golden bridge of politics prevents wage-price spiral – for now
Striking tariff demand IG Metall was not able to push through its demand for eight percent more money for twelve months, and yet there is a strong increase in wages.…
Are far away from the wage-price spiral
Berlin According to economists, the social partners have shown a sense of proportion with the wage agreements in the metal and chemical industries. At the moment there is no risk…