On Tuesday 3 February, collective bargaining for the German chemical and pharmaceutical industry begins on a federal level between the IG BCE union (mining, chemicals, energy) and the BAVC, the employers’ federation for the sector authorised to negotiate. The negotiations will take place in Hanover over two days. Prior to this, regional collective bargaining negotiations took place from 14 to 23 January in the sector’s nine collective bargaining districts. However, none of these negotiations we
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As a Berlin correspondent for the French and Swiss press since the late 1990s, I cover a wide range of economic, political and social issues, with a particular focus on the German business and labour market. My areas of interest include co-determination, digitalisation, demographics and ESG/DEI policies.