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The transport union EVG concluded a collective agreement at Deutsche Bahn that could give a wage increase of 6% overall and a further 1% rise in employer contributions to occupational pension schemes. A 3% increase will be effective from 1 May 2013, followed by a further 3% rise from 1 April 2014. Rail workers will also receive a one-off social component payment for the January to April 2013 period. Earlier this month workers had held short strikes during morning rush hour in reaction to a low wage offer by the railway company in the negotiations. The unions had demanded a 6.5% wage increase.
English: http://www.itfglobal.org/news-online/index.cfm/newsdetail/8720
For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) cbn-aias@uva.nl or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova mnikolova@etui.org. For previous issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit http://www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net.