For a global 8.7% wage increase. An IG BAU spokesman told Planet Labor that the strike won’t take place at the same time or in all businesses, it will be “flexible and unpredictable.” It will affect some businesses for a few days and then others. To those who say that this strike will have little impact because only 10% of employees in the sector are union members, he answered: “We have 57,000 members, and that’s enough to defend our stand.” Engaged in negotiations with employers since January, the IG BAU demands an 8.7% wage increase over a year, an increase of supplementary company pensions and equal pay in east and west Länder (see our dispatch No. 090878). “20 years after the fall of the wall, the gap between east and west pay still amounts to 20%” the spokesman denounced, urging employers to come back to the negotiating table.
union members, he answered: “We have 57,000 members, and that’s enough to defend our stand.” Engaged in negotiations with employers since January, the IG BAU demands an 8.7% wage increase over a year, an increase of supplementary company pensions and equal pay in east and west Länder (see our dispatch No. 090878). “20 years after the fall of the wall, the gap between east and west pay still amounts to 20%” the spokesman denounced, urging employers to come back to the negotiating table.
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