[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2017\u002Fgermany-court-upholds-controversial-strike-law-august-31-2017":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},11646,"germany-court-upholds-controversial-strike-law-august-31-2017","Germany - Court upholds controversial strike-law - August 31, 2017",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2017\u002Fgermany-court-upholds-controversial-strike-law-august-31-2017","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:24:15.728282+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F11646\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},"2017",{"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\u002F2017\u002Fgermany-court-upholds-controversial-strike-law-august-31-2017\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T22:34:47.849512+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>The federal constitutional court has ruled that a controversial law concerning collective wage agreements is compatible with the constitution. The strike legislation mandates that where there are competing collective wage agreements within one firm, the agreement between the trade union with the largest membership and the employer applies. With this Law, the federal government tries to prevent power struggles between different trade unions in which strikes are called by one subgroup of employees to the detriment of the wider labour force. Small-side unions fear that they will lose power. Nevertheless, in the ruling the court said that the government has also to improve the protection of smaller unions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>English: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.bundesverfassungsgericht.de\u002FSharedDocs\u002FPressemitteilungen\u002FEN\u002F2017\u002Fbvg17-057.html\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.bundesverfassungsgericht.de\u002FSharedDocs\u002FPressemitteilungen\u002FEN ... \u003C\u002Fa>  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The court’s ruling (in German): \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bundesverfassungsgericht.de\u002FSharedDocs\u002FEntscheidungen\u002FDE\u002F2017\u002F07\u002Frs20170711_1bvr157115.html;jsessionid=57E8DB66783218C43DF1F6EE893B0709.1_cid361\">https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bundesverfassungsgericht.de\u002FSharedDocs\u002FEntscheidungen\u002FDE ... \u003C\u002Fa> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM3\">\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:cbn-aias@uva.nl\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">cbn-aias@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\"> or the communications officer at the ETUI, Willy De Backer \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:wdebacker@etui.org\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">wdebacker@etui.org\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">. 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Since June 2013 readers can consult our archive and search through all articles in our database at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbnarchive.eu\u002F\">www.cbnarchive.eu\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">, and on the AIAS at \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM3\">\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">© ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2016. All rights reserved. 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