Tag: Tariff policy
How the slow-moving social partner model should still become a hit
A company pension increases income in old age The spread of company pension schemes is faltering. The social partner model is intended to remedy this. (Photo: imago images/imagebroker) Berlin For…
Court considers VW works council election to be invalid
Daniela Cavallo Cavallo had officially stood for the first time as the top candidate for the works council at the main plant for IG Metall, which has traditionally been influential…
Another warning strike in German ports on Thursday
warning strike German ports are to be struck again. (Photo: dpa) Hamburg In the German ports there is a strike for the third time within a few weeks. According to…
“Wage moderation would be the wrong approach”
DGB chairwoman Yasmin Fahimi “The employees themselves have the greatest interest in stable economic conditions and sustainable locations. That is why we need more codetermination.” (Photo: Dominik Butzmann) Berlin According…
“Wage moderation would be the wrong approach”
DGB chairwoman Yasmin Fahimi “The employees themselves have the greatest interest in stable economic conditions and sustainable locations. That is why we need more codetermination.” (Photo: Dominik Butzmann) Berlin According…
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…
“Wage moderation would be the wrong approach”
DGB chairwoman Yasmin Fahimi “The employees themselves have the greatest interest in stable economic conditions and sustainable locations. That is why we need more codetermination.” (Photo: Dominik Butzmann) Berlin According…
More salary for 5000 Gigafactory employees
Tesla in Gruenheide Tesla employees at the Gigafactory Grünheide should get a higher salary from August. (Photo: dpa) Grünheide The staff of the “Tesla-Gigafactory” in Grünheide can look forward to…
More money for 5000 employees
Tesla employees in Grünheide Grünheide The staff of the “Tesla-Gigafactory” in Grünheide can look forward to a significant salary increase. All production workers will get six percent more money from…
More money for 5000 employees
Tesla employees in Grünheide Grünheide The staff of the “Tesla-Gigafactory” in Grünheide can look forward to a significant salary increase. All production workers will get 6 percent more money from…
Is a wage-price spiral imminent? There are warning signs
Dusseldorf With the record inflation, the fear of a so-called wage-price spiral has returned. The term describes a mutual build-up of wage increases and price increases. The term is controversial…
Collective bargaining agreement for cooperative banks in Germany
People’s Bank logo In their third round of negotiations, the collective bargaining partners reached an agreement. (Photo: dpa) Neu-Isenburg/Frankfurt The more than 135,000 employees of the Volks- und Raiffeisenbanken in…
Norwegian government ends strike by oil and gas workers
Stockholm The strike by oil and gas workers fighting for higher wages in Norway has ended. The government intervened, union leader Audun Ingvartsen told Reuters on Tuesday evening. Staff would…
Strike in Norway impacts gas production
Stockholm First Russia throttled its gas supplies, now Europe’s energy supply is in even greater jeopardy. The strike by 74 workers on three Norwegian oil and gas platforms could exacerbate…
Airline files for bankruptcy in the US
SAS aircraft in Copenhagen Collective bargaining between the Scandinavian airline and its pilots failed on Monday. (Photo: VIA REUTERS) Stockholm The badly hit airline SAS has applied for bankruptcy protection…
Strike in Norway impacts gas production
Oslo Amid major concerns about Europe’s security of supply, Norwegian oil and gas workers have walked off the job to fight for higher wages. “The strike has started,” Lederne union…
Strike in Norway impacts gas production
Oslo Amid major concerns about Europe’s gas supplies, Norwegian oil and gas workers have walked off the job to fight for higher wages. “The strike has started,” Lederne union chairman…
There are no concrete results from the “concerted action”.
After the talks in the Chancellery DGB boss Yasmin Fahimi, Chancellor Olaf Scholz and BDA President Rainer Dulger comment after the consultations. (Photo: IMAGO/Mike Schmidt) Berlin Politicians and social partners…
Inflation: Federal government under pressure – further relief?
Coalition leadership with no clear direction Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck (from left), Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Finance Minister Christian Lindner. Berlin In view of rising prices, the pressure on the traffic…