The ver.di services union has negotiated a new agreement at the Alpenland care home company in Berlin, which will mean minimum increases of 2.5% from 1 January and a lump sum payment of €235. Care assistants and nurses will get higher increases of 5.9% and 8.3%. The negotiations over a new agreement have been going on for over two years and led to a long dispute in 2011 involving protest and strike action (See also this Collective Bargaining Newsletter Year 4 July-August and September 2011).
English: http://www.epsu.org/cob/451
German:http://www.verdi.de/themen/nachrichten/++co++237d …
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