Germany: the Deutsche Post’s competitors created their own employers’ organization

To avoid the minimum wage from 9 to 10 euros wished by the Deutsche Post, the two contender companies, Pin Group AG and TNT AG created a new employers' organization, entitled "community of interests for the postal sector's new companies." According to the German newspaper "Focus", (September 9), the two companies want to negotiate with the services union Ver.di their own wage agreement and thus thwart the plans of the postal services' employers' organization (AGV). (Ref. 070713)
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Ongoing negotiations between AGV and Ver.di in preparation for the liberalization of the postal sector. Indeed, the employers’ organization AGV, with the Deutsche Post AG (DPAG) as its major member, started, on August 31, 2007, negotiations with Ver.di with a view to establishing a minimum wage enforceable to all of the branch’s employees. Ver.di claims for a minimum 10 euros an hour wage, along with a Christmas bonus and a holiday bonus. The goal is clear: to establish a minimum branch wage be

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