On 23 March and in putting an end to their dispute, the Verdi trade union and Deutsche Bank announced that they had reached a new collective agreement for the 15,000 employees of the bank’s subsidiary Postbank. Staff will receive a 5.2% salary increase in two stages, accompanied by two lump-sum bonuses. The agreement also extends the previous job guarantee until January 2024 as well as including a section on teleworking. The agreement will run for 25 months until January 2024.
Negotiations conducted via video conference. Due to the high number of Covid-19 infections, the third and final round of talks, which began in January, were also conducted via video conference. According to Verdi negotiator Jan Duscheck, with this mode of communication the chief negotiators can’t step away from the negotiating table to discuss details face-to-face, but despite these circumstances, both sides secured a ‘good compromise.’ “I think that overall, the agreement reached shows that vi
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