Tag: Trade unions
Employees: How right-wing groups are gaining influence in companies
Regardless of whether it is the auto industry or the care sector: Where employees are afraid of the future, right-wing populists try to score points against IG Metall and Verdi.…
Prantl’s view: Why the churches are against the AfD with all their strength, but the unions are only half so
Among trade unionists, the proportion of those who vote for the far right is higher than the average for the population. That has consequences. source site
May 1 demonstrations were mostly peaceful, arrests in Stuttgart
As of: May 1, 2024 9:59 p.m May Day demonstrations by left-wing and left-wing radical groups in Hamburg and Berlin were largely peaceful until the evening. In Stuttgart, police broke…
Trade unions also ensure more social policies at the EU level
As of: May 1, 2024 6:42 a.m On May 1st, unions in several German cities will mobilize for good working conditions. They have also achieved a lot in Europe –…
How unions recruit young people
analysis As of: May 1, 2024 6:43 a.m “Generation Z” of those under 30 wants to work less and get good wages. Actually good omens for unions. They are aggressively…
Thyssenkrupp: Why there is a problem between Lopez and IG Metall – Economy
The industrial group Thyssenkrupp is in crisis, is cutting jobs and is looking for buyers and investors for important parts of the company. In the midst of these upheavals, an…
Why fewer and fewer companies pay collectively agreed wages
background As of: April 23, 2024 8:18 a.m 75 years ago, the Collective Bargaining Act came into force – and shaped the German economic model. But collective bargaining is in…
The victory of unions in the USA – Economy
If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. Of course, Frank Sinatra sang this line about New York, the city that never sleeps: “If I can make…
Volkswagen in the USA: Workers vote for union – economy
The workers at VW’s US plant in Chattanooga have decided to organize themselves into a union on the third attempt. It is a major victory for the US union UAW,…
Arbitrator’s verdict: More money for employees in the construction industry?
As of: April 19, 2024 3:03 p.m After the failed collective bargaining for the approximately 930,000 employees in the construction industry, the arbitrator presented his proposal today. Now both sides…