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Wages Soar: Germany’s Workers Reap the Rewards in 2024!
Germany’s collective wages, including special payments, rose by 4.8 percent in 2024, compared to the previous year. Without…
A Blow to Workers and the Environment?
The German Services Union Verdi criticizes what it considers a “hammer blow” in the planned supply chain regulation.…
German Workers Demand Freedom to Choose Their Work-Life Balance, Tax Breaks for Late Career Luminaries
German trade union Gesamtmetall’s president, Stefan Wolf, has called for a swift economic turn in the country after…
Germany’s Shame: Six Million Workers Trapped in Low-Paying, Unskilled Jobs
Companies are going bankrupt, more low-wage workers are becoming victims of mass layoffs. The mission of job centers…
46.3 Million Workers Stagnate in 2024’s Fourth Quarter
According to preliminary calculations by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), approximately 46.3 million people in Germany were employed…
Bahn Workers in for a 6.5% Pay Bump: German Rail Deal Reached
The Deutsche Bahn and the Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsgewerkschaft (EVG) have reached a tariff agreement, with both parties agreeing…
Post Workers to Get a Hefty Pay Hike?
Ahead of the second round of collective bargaining for the approximately 170,000 employees at Deutsche Post, scheduled to…
Workers’ Lawyer Unleashes Bombshell Allegations Against Habeck’s Ministry
The jurist Wolfgang J. Hummel, who represents the PCK employees in the Berlin Administrative Court against the Federal…
Inflation Shield: 9 in 10 German Workers Win Big!
Over eight in ten employees in Germany’s collective wage agreements (86.3%) received an inflation compensation premium between October…
Germany’s States Expect Enough Poll Workers!
Despite the tight deadline, German federal states are confident of having sufficient election helpers for the advance Bundestag…
A Game-Changer for Workers?
President of the Economic Advisory Council, Monika Schnitzer, has shown open support for the introduction of a part-time…
BREAKING: Germany’s FDP Party Set to WREAK HAVOC on Workers’ Rights with Shocking New Labor Reforms!
The FDP will “modernize the right to strike”. The right to strike is an “important fundamental right”, it…
SPD and Greens Abandon Ship, Leaving Workers High and Dry!
The latest survey by Forsa shows a further decline in voter support for the Union. In the weekly…