The collective bargaining demands and collective bargaining agreements for 2024 at a glance

Declining price increases and ongoing economic weakness form the framework for this year’s collective bargaining rounds. The goals of the unions and the collective agreements for 2024 at a glance.

After two years of high inflation rates, consumer prices will rise significantly more slowly in 2024, according to current forecasts. But at the same time there are only signs of a slow recovery for the German economy.

Against the background of these developments, difficult negotiations lie ahead in the 2024 collective bargaining rounds. The unions are insisting on high wage increases to compensate for the sharp increase in the cost of living since the previous collective agreements. Employers often want to rely more on one-off payments and point out the risk of a wage-price spiral.

Tariff disputes are therefore inevitable. Labor disputes are considered likely because the positions are sometimes very far apart. You can find an overview of the major collective bargaining rounds in 2024 here:

*Source: WSI tariff archive;

Note d. Editor: The table usually only shows the percentage wage demands and collective bargaining agreements – supplemented by one-off payments, which predominantly use the special rules for inflation compensation bonuses.