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Ver.di had already managed to get agreement from the employers for minimum rates of Euro 8.50 an hour in the West and Euro 7.50 an hour in the East. Before the intervention of Brüderle, CDU labour minister Ursula von der Leyen had indicated that it would be possible to implement legislation soon so that the rates could be in force from 1 July (See also this Collective Bargaining Newsletter Year 3 March 2010).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C!-- [if gte mso 9]>\u003Cxml>\r\n \u003Co:OfficeDocumentSettings>\r\n  \u003Co:AllowPNG>\u003C\u002Fo:AllowPNG>\r\n  \u003Co:PixelsPerInch>72\u003C\u002Fo:PixelsPerInch>\r\n  \u003Co:TargetScreenSize>1024x768\u003C\u002Fo:TargetScreenSize>\r\n \u003C\u002Fo:OfficeDocumentSettings>\r\n\u003C\u002Fxml>\u003C![endif]-->\u003C!-- [if gte mso 9]>\u003Cxml>\r\n \u003Cw:WordDocument>\r\n  \u003Cw:View>Normal\u003C\u002Fw:View>\r\n  \u003Cw:Zoom>0\u003C\u002Fw:Zoom>\r\n  \u003Cw:Compatibility>\r\n   \u003Cw:BreakWrappedTables>\u003C\u002Fw:BreakWrappedTables>\r\n   \u003Cw:SnapToGridInCell>\u003C\u002Fw:SnapToGridInCell>\r\n   \u003Cw:WrapTextWithPunct>\u003C\u002Fw:WrapTextWithPunct>\r\n   \u003Cw:UseAsianBreakRules>\u003C\u002Fw:UseAsianBreakRules>\r\n  \u003C\u002Fw:Compatibility>\r\n  \u003Cw:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser>\u003C\u002Fw:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser>\r\n \u003C\u002Fw:WordDocument>\r\n\u003C\u002Fxml>\u003C![endif]-->\u003C!-- [if gte mso 10]>\r\n\u003Cstyle>\r\n \u002F* Style Definitions *\u002F\r\n table.MsoNormalTable\r\n\t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\r\n\tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;\r\n\tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0;\r\n\tmso-style-noshow:yes;\r\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\r\n\tmso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;\r\n\tmso-para-margin:0cm;\r\n\tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;\r\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\r\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\r\n\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";}\r\n\u003C\u002Fstyle>\r\n\u003C![endif]-->\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\">English: http:\u002F\u002Fwww.epsu.org\u002Fcob\u002F365;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\">German: https:\u002F\u002Fgesundheit-soziales.verdi.de\u002Fbranchenpolitik\u002Fpflegeeinrichtungen\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cem>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"teaserText\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cem>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"teaserText\">This article was published in the Collective Bargaining Newsletter. It aims to facilitate information exchange between trade unions and to support the work of ETUC's collective bargaining committee. \u003C\u002Fspan>For more information, please contact the editor Maarten van Klaveren, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl\">M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa>. You may find further information on the ETUI at\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwebmail.uva.nl\u002Fexchweb\u002Fbin\u002Fredir.asp?URL=http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>, and on the AIAS at \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwebmail.uva.nl\u002Fexchweb\u002Fbin\u002Fredir.asp?URL=http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fa>. © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2009.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]