Germany - Unions and employers agree to talks on waste sector minimum wage - May 13, 2010

As from 1 January 2010 employees in the waste sector including street cleaning workers have been covered by a legal sectoral minimum wage set at Euro 8.02 an hour until 31 October 2010. Services union ver.di has won agreement from the BDE private sector employers’ and the VKA municipal employers’ organisations to discuss how to maintain the minimum beyond 31 October 2010.

English: http://www.epsu.org/cob/365;

German: http://presse.verdi.de/pressemitteilungen/showNews?id=adb0f0ac … 

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