German social partners will negotiate collective agreements governing the wages of around 10 million employees in 2026, compared with around 6.3 million for the 2025 agreements. The starting signal for the upcoming wage negotiations will be given by the regional civil service (Länder), whose negotiations will begin in December 2025, as indicated in the calendar established by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) of the Hans Böckler Trade Union Foundation. In February 2026, it wil
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