The federal tariff commission (Bundestarikomission) of the IG BAU announced, on Thursday January 18th 2007, that it would request a wage increase of 5.5% for the 680 000 employees of the sector. The trade union rejects the majority of employers' proposals. (Ref. 070050)
For IG BAU, the construction sector has finally exited 10 years of recession. The revival of the sector, started in 2005, is finally noticeable in terms of employment and increase of the sales turnover, and affects all the activities. The number of orders increased by 6.3 % over the first nine months of the year. Lastly, the central Union of the German building industry (HDB), announced that employment had stopped decreasing as from May 2006 and should slightly increase in 2007, the number of
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