Tag: Tariff policy
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…
Private bankers get more money, but are not entitled to work from home
Bank workers’ strike The Verdi union has reached a collective agreement with the private banks. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Collective bargaining for around 140,000 private bank employees in Germany is about…
Historic victory for unions at Amazon
Voting in the Amazon warehouse new York It worked on the second attempt: the employees in the Amazon warehouse in New York’s Staten Island district voted on Friday with 2,654…
Historic victory for unions at Amazon
Voting in the Amazon warehouse new York It worked the second time around: the employees in the warehouse in New York’s Staten Island district voted on Friday with 2,654 yes…
More money and more home office
Frankfurt banking skyline The Verdi union has agreed on a new collective agreement with state and development banks and some savings banks. There is more money and agreements to work…
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…
Verdi calls on security staff at airports to go on strike
Warning strikes by security personnel The Verdi union has called for all-day warning strikes at several German airports. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Flight cancellations, delays and long waiting times threaten passengers…
Verdi is calling for a day-long warning strike at eight airports
Warning strikes by security personnel at Stuttgart Airport While passengers wait in a long line at the security checkpoint, airport security staff are on strike in the background. (Photo: dpa)…
VW works council elections: Daniela Cavallo defends top position
Dusseldorf Daniela Cavallo actually wanted to come to the press conference in person and announce the result of the works council election at Volkswagen in Wolfsburg. But since Friday morning…
Warning strike largely paralyzes Frankfurt Airport on Tuesday
Warning strike at Hanover Airport Already on Monday, the failures at German airports had led to significant problems in flight operations. Frankfurt The long-standing dispute between Verdi and the security…
IG Metall loses its exceptional position
Dusseldorf In Wolfsburg, nobody can get past IG Metall. In no other German city does the metal workers’ union have so many members, namely around 90,000. The majority of them…
Amazon is closing its own bookstores
new York Amazon’s farewell comes as a surprise. On Wednesday evening, the Seattle-based world leader in e-commerce announced that it intends to close all of its own physical bookstores, four-star…
Lufthansa checks new airline: No agreement with pilots
Lufthansa under construction The airline is negotiating with the pilots about the future line-up. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt Lufthansa is serious about the threat of splitting up the short and long-haul…
Good for employees, bad for collective bargaining autonomy
Labor Minister Hubertus Heil discussed with bakery employees The amount of the new minimum wage is justified, the procedure is not. (Photo: dpa) It’s a good day for millions of…
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…
Employers expect changes from the Bundestag
Bartender in Bavaria According to the draft law, the statutory minimum wage is to rise to twelve euros per hour as of October 1st. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Confederation of…
Many employees are dissatisfied with their salary
SAP main building in Walldorf Even in the upper salary levels, many do not feel that they are paid fairly. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Things are rumbling at SAP. The German…
Many employees are dissatisfied with their salary
SAP main building in Walldorf Even in the upper salary levels, many do not feel that they are paid fairly. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Things are rumbling at SAP. The German…
SPD sees the Saarland model as a model for the federal government
SPD Vice President Anke Rehlinger and Labor Minister Hubertus Heil In the opinion of the Social Democrats, the public sector should not have to make tendering competitions at the expense…