Tag: Tariff policy
Flights canceled – Verdi begins all-day strike at BER Airport
Display board at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport The airport operator FBB has canceled all 300 originally planned take-offs and landings at BER. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Verdi union started an almost 24-hour…
Teachers and students are on strike against Viktor Orban’s school policies
Vienna No matter how great the resistance that Hungary’s prime minister is facing in the European Union, Viktor Orban reigns almost unchallenged at home. However, one professional group is stubbornly…
Tens of thousands of people protest against Macron’s pension reform
According to union information, up to 400,000 people made their way through the French capital on Thursday afternoon. “Working beyond the age of 60 is bad for your health,” read…
Tens of thousands of people protest against Macron’s pension reform
Tens of thousands of people made their way through the streets of the French capital on Thursday afternoon. “Working beyond the age of 60 is bad for your health,” read…
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…
Price pressure is falling, the fight for wages is getting tougher
Great Britain is thus following the trend in the USA and Europe, where price pressure is also easing. The trend suggests that “inflation has peaked,” said David Bharier, economist at…
Tesla working conditions in Grünheide alarm traffic light politicians
However, the success of the German economy is based on a “constructive” social partnership between trade unions and employers. “Anyone who does not realize this is perhaps in the wrong…
Tesla working conditions in Grünheide alarm traffic light politicians
However, the success of the German economy is based on a “constructive” social partnership between trade unions and employers. “Anyone who does not realize this is perhaps in the wrong…
Shortage of skilled workers almost back to pre-crisis level
Berlin The metal and electrical industry produces more than half of the exports, so it is central to Germany’s international competitiveness. Its around four million employees make a significant contribution…
Labor market: temporary work – industry advertises with sustainable employment prospects
Baggage handling at the airport When staff became scarce in the summer, workers from abroad were supposed to help. But Minister of Labor Heil did not want to shake the…
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…
15 percent more money – Verdi opens the year of collective bargaining at Deutsche Post
Postal workers with the Verdi flag The company calls the union’s demands “unrealistic”. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt/Berlin 2023 will be a conflict-laden tariff year for people in Germany. The trade unions…
15 percent more money – Verdi opens the year of collective bargaining at Deutsche Post
Postal workers with the Verdi flag The company calls the union’s demands “unrealistic”. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt/Berlin 2023 will be a conflict-laden tariff year for people in Germany. The trade unions…
Bank of England raises interest rate to 3.50 percent
Bank of England In November, the central bank carried out the largest rate hike in 33 years with an increase of 0.75 percentage points. (Photo: AP) London The Bank of…
Purchasing power of pay scale employees falls by a record 4.7 percent
metal industry In the current year there were also high wage agreements in large industrial sectors such as the chemical or metal and electrical industry. (Photo: Photothek/Getty Images) Berlin Tariff…
Kaufhof and Karstadt employees fear for their jobs
Dusseldorf, Essen The Verdi union blames the management around boss Miguel Müllenbach for the renewed difficulties at the department store group Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof. “Mismanagement and a lack of investment…
Public service: 360,000 vacancies
Berlin Despite the increase in jobs in the public sector and above all in the federal government, the personnel situation is still dramatic. There are currently 360,000 missing or vacant…
The high inflation leads to violent labor disputes
Unions are already threatening that this is only the beginning. At the latest at the weekend there will be strikes in the retail trade if the employers do not meet…
Real wages fall sharply in third quarter due to inflation
Unions have already called for strikes in numerous sectors this year The decline in real wages was particularly drastic in the third quarter – stronger than at any time since…
The high inflation leads to violent labor disputes
Unions are already threatening that this is only the beginning. At the latest at the weekend there will be strikes in the retail trade if the employers do not meet…