Germany: last minute collective agreement for trade employees after 18 months of conflict

For a year and a half, Verdi, the services' union, has been bargaining with the trade federations of several German Lander to reach a collective agreement affecting 2.7 million employees. The remuneration of the end-of-day and Saturdays was at the center of the disagreement. On Thursday night, the Baden-Württemberg social partners finally reached an agreement, which will be extended to all the German employees in the sector. (Ref. 080586)
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The retail trade sector has just saved its ability to bargain foran industry-wide agreement after the longest sectoral negotiation carried out in Germany came to an end on Thursday, July 10. the Verdi trade union organization and the federation of retail trade of the Baden-Württemberg Land (Stuttgart) signed an agreement. At first, the agreement will concern the 220.000 employees of the Land. However, the German retail trade federation (HDE) announced that it intended to extend it to all the ot

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