On the special website for temporary workers the result of the recent wage bargaining is explained. The trade union PRO-GE negotiated an increase of the wages for around 65,000 workers in the sector. The pay increase is 3.4%. The minimum wage will increase to € 1,427.92. The agreement is as from 1 January 2013. From that date on the revised rules on posting will be also applicable. On the website information is provided in Turkish, Polish and Czech.
German: http://www.leiharbeiter.at/servlet/ContentServer ...
For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) cbn-aias@uva.nl or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova mnikolova@etui.org. For previous issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit http://www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net.