Hanover – Lower Saxony’s civil servants get more money. The salary is expected to be increased in April. The collective agreement for state employees should then also be transferred to state and local civil servants, candidates and pensioners. Finance Minister Gerald Heere (Greens) and the unions have agreed on this. The wage increase is 5.5 … Read more
On the occasion of today’s hearing on the NRW state budget for 2024, Anja Weber, chairwoman of the DGB NRW, is calling for a paradigm shift in financial policy: “North Rhine-Westphalia is increasingly living off its substance: Broken roads and railways, dilapidated schools, too few daycare places, a lack of living space and underfunded hospitals … Read more
Is Germany developing into a divided society? A Berlin research team has examined the “trigger points”, those particularly controversial hot topics and central conflict lines of inequality that promote polarization. Thomas Gesterkamp spoke to the sociologist Steffen Mau, one of the authors involved. Steffen Mau, born in 1968, is professor of macrosociology at Berlin’s Humboldt … Read more
The “huge investment backlog” is at the expense of regional competitiveness and the establishment of new jobs. Sep 14, 2023 | As of September 14, 2023, 12:47 p.m Düsseldorf (dpa). Broken roads and bridges, dilapidated schools, underfunded hospitals, lack of housing and climate protection: According to a study commissioned by the German Federation of Trade … Read more
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Status: 05/01/2023 09:53 a.m Numerous rallies and demonstrations are taking place in Lower Saxony today. When will protests take place in which city? Are there any special features or prominent speakers? An overview. The German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) has put May 1st this year under the motto “unbroken solidarity”. “Because we as trade unions … Read more
The wage conflict in the West German textile and clothing industry has been settled. After massive warning strikes, IG Metall and the employers’ association agreed early on Saturday morning on a combination of permanent wage increases and one-off payments. “The collective bargaining result means a noticeable relief for employees’ wallets in view of inflation,” says … Read more
For the first time, IG Metall Suhl-Sonneberg agreed two in-house collective agreements with the employer for the 161 employees of Lenkungstechnik Willi Elbe GmbH & Co. KG in Rippershausen, which will come into effect retrospectively on February 1, 2023. “In a total of 16 rounds of negotiations since November 2021, we agreed with the employer … Read more
Labor Day belongs to the unions. Because of the lifting of restrictions as a result of the corona pandemic, there are large rallies again for the first time. Am Labor Day the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) in Baden-Württemberg has called for “heavy wage increases”. These are the best recipe against the rising cost … Read more
Public service workers in Rhineland-Palatinate have confirmed their demand for higher salaries and better working conditions with a full-day warning strike and a rally in Mainz. Susanne Wingertszahn, the new district chairman of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland, accused the collective bargaining association of German states (TdL) with a blockade. “Recognition … Read more