[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Fgermany-breakthrough-after-all-night-negotiations-in-the-public-sector-april-01-2012":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},18999,"germany-breakthrough-after-all-night-negotiations-in-the-public-sector-april-01-2012","Germany -Breakthrough after all-night negotiations in the public sector -April 01, 2012",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Fgermany-breakthrough-after-all-night-negotiations-in-the-public-sector-april-01-2012","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:48:18.695075+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F18999\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2012",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Fgermany-breakthrough-after-all-night-negotiations-in-the-public-sector-april-01-2012\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T21:28:13.159391+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>German interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich, who led the talks with the public service union Verdi, announced in Potsdam shortly before 7 a.m. on Saturday 31 March that the negotiators had reached an agreement. Verdi, representing 2 million public-sector workers, had been seeking a 6.5% rise for one year after years of accepting modest pay deals and had rejected an earlier offer of 3.3%. If the deal is approved by the union membership (members have a final say in a consultation between 11 and 25 April) public-sector workers will receive a 3.5% pay rise retroactive to March 1. They will receive a further 1.4% in January 2013 and another 1.4% pay rise in August 2013. The position of apprentices has been strengthened; after their qualification and a successful first year of service they will receive a permanent contract. Apprentices pay increases on 1 March 2012 with €50 and on 1 August 2013 with €40. The collective bargaining committee of the union approved the deal later on that Saturday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>German:  \u003Cspan class=\"CM5Char2\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.verdi.de\u002Fthemen\u002Fgeld-tarif\u002Ftarifrunde-oed-2012\u002F++co …\u003C\u002Fspan> \u003Cspan class=\"CM5Char2\">; \u003Cbr\u002F>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"CM5Char2\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.wallstreet-online.de\u002Fnachricht\u002F4895901-verdi-stimmt-einigungsvorschlag … \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoCommentSubject\">English: \u003Cspan class=\"CM5Char2\">http:\u002F\u002Fin.reuters.com\u002Farticle\u002F2012\u002F03\u002F31\u002Fgermany-wages-idINDEE82 … \u003Cbr\u002F>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoCommentSubject\">\u003Cspan class=\"CM5Char2\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cem>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\u002Fem> For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:cbn-aias@uva.nl\">cbn-aias@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa> or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova \u003Ca href=\"mailto:mnikolova@etui.org\">mnikolova@etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>. All rights reserved. The ETUI is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cem> For previous issues of the \u003C\u002Fem>\u003Cem>Collective bargaining newsletter, please visit \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fa>. You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>, and on the AIAS at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fa>. © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2012. To unsubscribe, please contact Mariya Nikolova.\u003C\u002Fem>\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>"]