After long negotiations, strikes and intensive actions, union NGG has concluded collective agreements for employees in in the confectionery industry in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and Berlin with significant wage increases and other benefits. In NRW, employees will receive a wage increase of 5% from 1 November 2024, but at least € 152. In October 2025, another 2.5% will be added. The remuneration of trainees will increase in two steps by a total of € 150 per month. In addition, all full-time employees will receive an inflation compensation bonus of € 810 by December 2024 at the latest. In Berlin, wages will increase by 5% from 1 November, and there will be a one-off payment of € 600. A further increase of 2.5% will follow in October 2025.
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For more information, please contact Paul de Beer or Oana Ciuca, De Burcht (Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement) p.t.debeer@uva.nl or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal mkoksal@etui.org. For previous full issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit https://www.etui.org/Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter or consult the archive with all articles in our database at www.cbnarchive.eu.
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