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Improved Collective Bargaining Agreement Results in Enhanced Salary for Textile and Clothing Industry Workers in the Western Region

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The wage conflict in the West German textile and clothing industry has been settled. After massive warning strikes, IG Metall and the employers’ association agreed early on Saturday morning on a combination of permanent wage increases and one-off payments. “The collective bargaining result means a noticeable relief for employees’ wallets in view of inflation,” says … Read more

Willi Elbe Rippershausen agrees to first-ever Collective Bargaining Agreement with increased pay and transparent wages

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For the first time, IG Metall Suhl-Sonneberg agreed two in-house collective agreements with the employer for the 161 employees of Lenkungstechnik Willi Elbe GmbH & Co. KG in Rippershausen, which will come into effect retrospectively on February 1, 2023. “In a total of 16 rounds of negotiations since November 2021, we agreed with the employer … Read more

Pension reform: mobilization exceeds one million demonstrators

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Dossier CARTE – The unions still hope to push back the executive. Find city by city the number of demonstrators. Par Nicole Triouleyre , Nicolas Mondon , Arthur Biotat et Fig Data Published on 03/07/2023 at 5:20 p.m.update on 03/07/2023 at 5:28 p.m. This content is not accessible. Demonstration against the pension reform, in Pont-Audemer … Read more

Allianz Boards and Management Discuss: Economy

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Does the holding company of the Allianz Allianz SE group under Oliver Bäte hinder the work of works councils? Are corporate meetings disturbed? Did Allianz’s high-ranking executives really try to provoke fistfights with works council members to use this as a reason for immediate dismissal? At least that’s what the works council of the internal … Read more

Offenbach paint factory closes after more than 200 years

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BThe history of the paint factory Schramm Coating GmbH in Offenbach began in 1810 with the idea of ​​the trained silversmith Christoph Schramm to cover wooden pipe bowls and papier-mâché doll heads with varnish to protect them. In the more than 200 years of company history that followed, countless other paints were added, for example … Read more

Despite the OGH judgment: AK OÖ had to enforce 2.5 million euros for employees of the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria

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– Linz (OTS) – At the end of 2020, the works council of the University of Applied Sciences (FH) Upper Austria, with the support of the AK Upper Austria, had already won a case at the Supreme Court (OGH) in which the low rankings of assistant professors were concerned. (see AK media service of December … Read more

KLM staff to court in Paris

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The conflict arose at the end of last year when the European works council of Air France-KLM did not follow the nomination of the candidate of the KLM works council, but put forward its own candidate who has no support from the KLM supporters. According to the KLM works council, this is against the agreement … Read more

Auto supplier ZF wants to sell the Diepholz plant

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The automotive supplier ZF is pressing ahead with the 15,000 job cuts announced last summer. Now around 500 employees in Diepholz, Lower Saxony, fear for their jobs because the “Electronic Interfaces” area and plant are to be sold. In a letter to the workforce, the top management threatens that the number of jobs will decrease … Read more

Four percent more money required: negotiations on the company tariff at Volkswagen begin

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Talks on the new company tariff for around 120,000 employees at Volkswagen are due to begin on Wednesday (10:00 a.m.). IG Metall is demanding four percent more money for the automaker’s employees. This means that the requirement is on the same level as for the collective agreement in the metal and electrical industries. At VW, … Read more