Tag: labor union
“Lufthansa has lost support among the workforce”
Frankfurt, Berlin In the wage dispute between the ground staff and Lufthansa, Verdi negotiator Christine Behle hopes for a solution in the coming round of negotiations. “We have great hope…
“Lufthansa has lost support among the workforce”
Frankfurt, Berlin In the wage dispute between the ground staff and Lufthansa, Verdi negotiator Christine Behle hopes for a solution in the coming round of negotiations. “We have great hope…
Central banks need to “get the rods out”
Today France, and with it the free world, celebrates July 14 as the day of the bourgeois revolution. With the battle cry “Liberté, egalité, fraternité”, the Parisians stormed the Bastille…
IG Metall discovers the “full throttle” tactic
the “concerted action” by the largest industrial union, IG Metall, consists of demanding eight percent more wages for 3.8 million employees. That would be the strongest increase since 2008. The…
IG Metall demands eight percent more money
IG Metall boss Jörg Hofmann The unions have to ensure that the workers don’t get under the wheels in the face of inflation. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The IG Metall goes…
Verdi warns of Uniper being broken up
Uniper employees The Verdi trade union sees all 5,000 jobs in Germany at risk if the energy company is broken up. (Photo: Uniper) Dusseldorf The Verdi union has warned against…
Verdi warns of Uniper being broken up
Uniper employees The Verdi trade union sees all 5,000 jobs in Germany at risk if the energy company is broken up. (Photo: Uniper) Dusseldorf The Verdi union has warned against…
Steelworkers get 6.5 percent more wages
Thyssen Krupp The unions have reached an agreement for steel workers. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf During the collective bargaining for the 68,000 employees in the north-west German steel industry, IG Metall…
Flat rate for educators & social workers rejected
Rally in Gelsenkirchen The municipal employers rule out a flat-rate financial revaluation of the social and educational professions. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Most recently, the Verdi union in Gelsenkirchen put pressure…
DGB boss Reiner Hoffmann calls for easing of EU debt rules
Berlin The chairman of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), Reiner Hoffmann, hopes that European debt rules will be relaxed. “Against the background of this disgusting war and the tasks…
Food industry warns of serious consequences
supermarket shelf Cooking oil is already scarce in many places. In the event of a gas embargo, the gaps in the food range are likely to become much larger. (Photo:…
SAP News: IG Metall wins works council election
SAP headquarters So far, the unions have had a difficult time with the software manufacturer. (Photo: Bert Bostelmann / picture folio for Handelsblatt) Dusseldorf The big unions have had a…
Collective bargaining parties agree on “bridging payment” – and want to continue negotiations from October
Protest action by chemical workers in the Frankfurt-Höchst industrial park Employers and the union want to continue negotiating a percentage wage increase from October. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the collective…
Agreement in collective bargaining dispute at Postbank
Lettering of the post office Verdi had demanded six percent more money and a corona bonus of up to 1,500 euros for around 15,000 Postbank employees. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt, Bonn…
Employers and IG BCE adjourn negotiations
Chemical plants in Cologne The IG BCE made its demands two days before the start of the Ukraine war. (Photo: imago images/Future Image) Berlin In the first round of collective…
IG Metall boss Jörg Hofmann doesn’t believe in the oil and gas embargo
IG Metall boss Jörg Hofmann “It’s clear that we have to diversify our energy imports more, but that won’t happen overnight.” (Photo: imago/photothek) Berlin In the opinion of IG Metall…
Employers warn against excessive expectations
BAVC negotiator Hans Oberschulte If you were to take the currently overheated prices as a benchmark, then the area tariff would be put to the test, said Oberschulte. Berlin The…
Joe Biden mentions Tesla for the first time
Joe Biden, Elon Musk Multi-billionaire Elon Musk was enraged that the US President seemed to ignore him. (Photo: AP, imago images/Xinhua) Dusseldorf At a briefing in the White House, US…
Dissatisfaction is growing among employees
Dusseldorf There was great excitement at the SAP employee meeting at the end of January. The question was how big the salary increase would be for the approximately 24,500 employees…
IG-BCE boss Vassiliadis calls for quick relief for the industry
Michael Vasiliadis The IG-BCE boss calls for a reliable energy transition. (Photo: imago images/Rainer Weisflog) Berlin According to the Mining, Chemical and Energy Industrial Union (IG BCE), the acceleration of…