The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) at the Hans Bockler Foundation has published its summary of collective bargaining for 2019. In addition to substantial salary increases, agreements in 2019 were marked by the prevalence of “options-based models” for working time. The WSI is forecasting a more “contradictory” trend in collective bargaining in 2020, amid a labour shortage and a structural crisis in the automobile sector.
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