In the third round of negotiations, the trade union IGBCE and employers agreed on a collective agreement for the paper manufacturing industry that permanently increases the wages of the 40,000 employees in the industry, immediately relieves them of high inflation and makes shift-work more attractive. Wages will be increased in two stages by a fixed amount totalling € 200. The travel allowance and the shift allowance increases to 7.5%. In addition, the employees receive the collectively agreed inflation allowance in three one-off payments, totalling € 3,000 net.
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