Germany’s collective bargaining year is coming to a close. Only the industrial cleaning and steelworks sectors still have to renegotiate wages and collective agreements before the end of the year. Beyond that a new phase of negotiations affecting 12 million employees for the 2015 – 2017 period will start. Centralized negotiations in the metals sector are scheduled for March 2016 and the chemicals sector negotiations are scheduled for July 2016. Planet Labor sets out a detailed calendar for the new round of negotiations including the main and most up-to-date wage indicators.
Healthy wage rises in the period 2014 – 2015. The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) from the Hans-Böckler-Foundation has just published Germany’s collective bargaining calendar for the 2015-2017 period. These negotiations will affect almost 12 million workers.
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