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More than 170,000 vacancies: shortage of engineers is getting worse
engineers The German Economic Institute (IW), which compiles the Engineer Monitor together with the VDI, assumes an annual requirement of 130,500 engineers. (Photo: DigitalVision/Getty Images) Berlin The shortage of engineers…
IG BCE demands more commitment from companies in training
Berlin With a wide-ranging campaign, the IG BCE union wants to get employers to train more young people again. Employers would have to stop the trend of declining trainee numbers…
IG BCE demands more commitment from companies in training
Berlin With a wide-ranging campaign, the IG BCE union wants to get employers to train more young people again. Employers would have to stop the trend of declining trainee numbers…
Robert Habeck announces industrial electricity price of 6 cents
Robert Habeck (Greens) Initial reactions from the affected sectors to the Ministry’s proposal for a bridge electricity price were positive. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens)…
Collective bargaining agreement in the public sector failed
Warning strike by public sector employees Collective bargaining has failed. (Photo: IMAGO/Martin Müller) Berlin, Potsdam Collective bargaining for the public sector at federal and local level has failed. Employers and…
Despite falling inflation rates, wage demands are rising
Warning strikes in the public sector For the 2.5 million federal and local employees, Verdi and the Civil Service Association are demanding 10.5 percent more money, but at least 500…
Union warns of breaking up the Bayer group
Bill Anderson, successor to CEO Baumann The controversial boss Werner Baumann will vacate the post this summer. The ex-pharmaceutical boss of Swiss rival Roche, Bill Anderson, is to take over…
Works council: Experienced and male – these are German works councils
Berlin German law gives works councils a lot of power: they help with imminent dismissals or bullying and help determine the organization of working hours, payment principles, the introduction of…
IG Metall collective bargaining agreement: one-off payments and wage increases
Berlin An agreement has been reached in the collective bargaining dispute for the 3.9 million employees in the metal and electrical industry. Wage increases of 5.2 percent by June 2023…
Collective bargaining agreement in the metal and electrical industry
Berlin An agreement has been reached in the collective bargaining dispute for the 3.9 million employees in the metal and electrical industry. Wage increases of 5.2 percent by June 2023…
Collective bargaining agreement in the metal and electrical industry
Berlin An agreement has been reached in the collective bargaining dispute for the 3.9 million employees in the metal and electrical industry. Wage increases of 5.2 percent by June 2023…
Collective bargaining agreement in the metal and electrical industry
Berlin In the collective bargaining for the approximately 3.9 million employees in the metal and electrical industry, a pilot agreement was reached in Baden-Württemberg. There is an agreement on wage…
Successful blueprint also for other branches
chemical production Collective bargaining policy in times of stagflation must compensate for the high inflation without putting too much strain on companies in the long term. (Photo: dpa) The framework…
Partly double-digit collective bargaining demands – is there a threat of a wage-price spiral?
Berlin IG Metall is demanding eight percent more money in the metal and electrical industry, 10.5 percent are demanded by Verdi and the civil service association for the public sector.…
Union announces resistance to austerity program
BASF The austerity program is intended to reduce annual costs outside of production by 500 million euros. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt, Ludwigshafen The chemical union IG BCE has announced resistance to…
Those are the Commission’s proposals
Interim report of the expert commission Michael Vassiliadis, Veronika Grimm and Siegfried Russwurm (from left) explained the results on Monday. (Photo: IMAGO/Jürgen Heinrich) Berlin The Gas and Heat Commission of…
Energy prices: Unions call for further relief
DGB boss Fahimi, Chancellor Scholz, Employer President Dulger (from left): The resolutions on the relief package are to be implemented quickly. (Photo: IMAGO/Christian Spicker) Berlin Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) announced…
Union reaffirms demand for increased purchasing power
IG-BCE negotiator Ralf Sikorski “Money is slipping through the fingers of employees more quickly every day.” (Photo: imago images/Future Image) The collective bargaining round for around 580,000 employees in the…
Social partnership 1000 meters underground
DGB boss Yasmin Fahimi in the K+S potash mine A social partnership like in mining is not practiced everywhere. (Photo: DGB / HCPlambeck) Unterbreizbach, Kassel, Schmalkalden There is a hearty…
Robert Habeck tries to break free
Rehden natural gas storage facility The gas storage facilities in Germany are relatively full. But that’s not enough if Russia stops deliveries altogether. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Dusseldorf Federal Minister of…