In a new collective agreement for the word and plastics processing industry in Lower Saxony/Bremen and Baden-Wurttemberg, the demographic fund will be doubled and wages will rise by 4.9% in two stages. There will also be a one-off corona payment of €385.The agreement followed a warning strike in which 12,000 workers participated.
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