Germany: the GNBZ, an “anti-minimum wage union” created in the postal sector

Created on October 10, 2007, the union of the postal sector's new companies (GNBZ) wants to be a spokesperson for employees who judge that the level of the minimum wage negotiated for the branch between the Deutsche Post AG and traditional unions is too high and will lead to the destruction of their jobs. (Ref. 070852)
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Paradoxically, Florian Gerster himself, former manager of the German Employment Agency and now chairman of the employers’ federation for the postal sector’s new companies (NBZ – see our article No. 070713), was the first to mention, on October 10, the creation of a new union in the postal services sector. That very same day, the Deutsche Post’s competitor employers invited 1.000 of their employees to demonstrate in Berlin against the level of the minimum wage negotiated between the AGV – the Po

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