Press review of 1 to 7 April 2006. The German press commented this week on the agreement, signed on 5 April 2006, between the trade union Verdi and the employers' organization of communities, which put an end to nearly nine weeks of strikes in the public sector of Bade-Wurtemberg. Another big subject in the news : negotiations on the health care reform, which are evolving "slowly". (Réf. 06342)
Agreement in the public sector of Bade-Wurtember. Concluded after those of Hamburg and Low-Saxony, this agreement introduces more working hours for community agents : from 38,5 to 39 hours per week without wage compensation. However, the conflict between Verdi and the Länders is still in a dead end.
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