Germany Local Government union push for 6% - Advice from EPSU

Union sets out key demands for regional negotiations

Services union ver.di has set out its key demands in the upcoming negotiations covering employees of regional government. The union is looking for a 6% increase but with a minimum guaranteed increase. It will also seek some changes to the pay structure to ensure that workers in social, educational and care roles keep up with their colleagues covered by the public sector agreement for federal and local government workers. The union is also seeking improvements for apprentices and a commitment to provide them with jobs once qualified.

Read more at ver.di (DE) This news has come via the EPSU at www.epsu.org  and comes at time when Unions, need to push for salary increases after a long period of salary stagnation, to my way of thinking it will be interesting to see the outcomes in Local Government In Germany, and additional impacts in Europe as well as other areas of the economy in Germany .  Article at RadioLabour also echoed similar thoughts on the need to fight the salary/wages stagnation. For me the next question I have is will collective bargaining  be aided by any regulated system ?? and if so to what degree . (ie its not just the Employers views , but the State , as wages stagnation in many counties has led to shortfalls in Government taxes ??)  -  Greg Mclean Last weeks RadioLabour news item -  * Labour’s global plan for millions of jobs * Collective bargaining needed to fight wage stagnation  * The LabourStart report about union events around the world News Producer RadioLabour m.belanger@radiolabour.org