High competition between the social partners. The two big German unions, Ver.di and IG-Metall, may pay a very high price for their faux-pas in the temporary sector. This sector, which only truly developed in Germany at the end of the 1990s, is both young and attractive, i.e. promising in terms of growth, but still ill-organized. The evidence is the multiplicity of national employers’ organizations – three – and the fierce competition between the DGB and CGB union confederations. So far, the DGB has been using its unions’ strike force to try and set the tone in terms of wages and social rules. It has also been fighting for several years to impose sectoral minimum wage in the sector. For its part, the small CGB has mostly drawn attention by signing collective agreements accepting lower wages than those tolerated by the DGB. Today, the mistake made by the IG-Metall and Ver.di could allow the CGB to take control.
hich only truly developed in Germany at the end of the 1990s, is both young and attractive, i.e. promising in terms of growth, but still ill-organized. The evidence is the multiplicity of national employers’ organizations – three – and the fierce competition between the DGB and CGB union confederations. So far, the DGB has been using its unions’ strike force to try and set the tone in terms of wages and social rules. It has also been fighting for several years to impose sectoral minimum wage in
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