With the industrial cleaning sector’s social partners unable to successfully conclude collective agreement renewal negotiations that commenced at the start of August and that will affect 650,000 sector employees, the IG BAU construction union has found an effective way of applying pressure on employers, namely since 07 October 2019 it is using its website to ‘call-out’ companies it deems are profiting from the lack of a framework agreement in order to impose less favorable working conditions on their staff. The move testifies to growing tension between the social partners at a time when an increasing number of companies are withdrawing from sector collective agreements and thus weakening the collective negotiation process (c.f. article No. 11400).
Chasing the ‘black sheep’. The IG BAU website features a large Stop sign filled in with black sheep and a gloved hand saying No. The glove is a standard a yellow household cleaning glove typically worn by cleaning professionals and represents this cohort the IG BAU is representing. The website-page slogan reads: ‘Dirty job pillory for black sheep cleaning industry’. This move to publicize the black sheep cleaning companies is part of an unusual campaign being driven since 07 October by Germany’
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