Trade union IG Metall agreed a wage deal for the roughly 70,000 workers in the iron and steel industry in Nordrhein Westfalen. Under the agreement, which runs for 15 months, workers will receive lump-sum payments of €250 euros each on December 28 this year and February 28, 2022. From February 28, 2023, the steelworkers will then receive an additional payment of €600 a year. The parties also agreed on a one-off coronavirus allowance of €500 which is to be paid out as early as the end of June.
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