Tag: Unions
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…
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…
Habeck reaped praise and criticism for Flexirenten advance
Even today, nobody is “forced to retire at the standard retirement age,” said the Greens pension expert Markus Kurth. And there are more and more employees who work longer hours.…
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…
The DGB provides the traffic light with a wording aid
Berlin Algorithms help companies to find suitable applicants. Scanners make it easier to sort the flood of parcels, but they can also be misused to monitor the performance of logistics…
Employers sharply criticize planned law
The minimum wage should in future be twelve euros gross per hour Employers view the planned procedure more critically than the level of wages. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In view of…
Works councils are demanding rules for use in human resources
By the time the interview comes around, algorithms have often been involved Employee representatives are demanding rules for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in personnel selection and development. (Photo:…
IW study sees the risk of a wage-price spiral
Berlin The current high inflation rates not only annoy customers in the supermarket and petrol stations, but also worry the unions. If prices continue to rise, there must be “a…
This is how the new head of the works council, Ergun Lümali, ticks
Munich Becoming a works council was never Ergun Lümali’s declared career goal. He actually wanted to move up from assembly line worker to master craftsman at Daimler and so be…
The Union’s criticism of the traffic light’s corona policy is dishonest
Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (standing) The acting Federal Minister of Health debated the changes to the Infection Protection Act in the Bundestag on Thursday. (Photo: Reuters) The stumbling…
Working time: DGB warns traffic light: hands off the working time law
Berlin Anyone who drove past the federal office of the FDP in Berlin-Mitte on Wednesday evening was surprised by a light installation. “Hands off the Working Hours Act”, the German…
Labor law: Green Justice Senator wants collective action right
Lady Justice So far, a uniform clarification of similar legal issues in labor court proceedings has only been possible in very limited special cases. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Hamburg’s Justice Senator…
In the country – Verdi announces expansion of the warning strikes – Stuttgart
Stuttgart – The service union Verdi is stepping up its warning strikes in the country’s public service. For the coming week she announced temporary work stoppages in the centers for…
Strikes threaten in the collective bargaining round for state employees
State workers strike Country negotiator Reinhold Hilbers (left) in conversation with protesting workers. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the collective bargaining for the approximately 1.1 million collective bargaining employees in the…
Unions want to protest nationwide on Friday
Berlin ZF Friedrichshafen looks back on more than a hundred years of history and has reinvented itself over and over again. Initially a manufacturer of gears, the Swabian company developed…
A minimum wage of twelve euros helps nine million employees
In a current policy brief, the Institute for Economic and Social Sciences (WSI) of the union-related Hans Böckler Foundation analyzed who would benefit from the planned increase. The most important…
This is how unions and works councils think
With a traffic light coalition, there could soon be new regulations for more women in leadership positions. Before the election, the SPD and the Greens promised to expand the quota…
Unions are putting pressure on the energy transition – the Greens are demanding energy money
FDP vice-president Wolfgang Kubicki has a request from Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder to the Corona policy of a possible traffic light coalition sharply rejected. The declaration by Söders, SPD,…
Union’s new goal tactics – standard strength away, counter-strength there – Bundesliga
Union professionals are considered the kings of standard situations. Haifa’s coach Barak Bakhar (42) even described the Köpenicker as one of the strongest standard teams in Europe after beating Maccabi…