Trade unions and the employers in primary and secondary education, reached a bargaining result for a new collective agreement for secondary education and a new collective agreement for primary education. As a result, the announced strike on 5 October was cancelled. The agreements on wages are the same for both collective agreements: all wages will structurally increase by 10% retroactively from 1 July 2023. A one-off payment has also been agreed for November 2023: € 1,000 for the lower pay scales and € 350 for the highest pay scales.
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