The provisional report on collective bargaining in 2014 reveals that most sectoral negotiations resulted in wage increases in a range between 2 and 4%, with a majority in between 3 and 3.5%. This would bring the real wage increase of workers falling under the agreements to an average of 2%. The report quotes the wage development in several industries and notes that some industries introduced minimum wages scales.
German: http://www.boeckler.de/pdf ...
Focus on the 2014 Monthly Reports on Wage Policy (in German): http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p ...
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