More pay for Germans after successful public service negotiation

Last updated: 2023/04/23 at 8:51 PM

starconnect Published 23 April 2023

Ulrich Silberbach, Chairman of the civil servants' association dbb, talks to the press before the third round of collective bargaining in the public sector at the Congress Hotel. Photo: Carsten Koall/dpa

Emmanuel Thomas l DPA, Sunday, April 23, 2023

POTSDAM – Unions and employers in the German public sector have reached an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement, after a fourth round of negotiation late on Saturday in Potsdam.

The approximately 2.5 million public service employees will receive €3,000 ($3,330) in view of high inflation, paid in instalments from June.

From March 2024, incomes will rise by at least another €340.

The agreement largely followed the arbitration recommendation, published a week ago. The agreement is to run for 24 months.

In recent months, Germans trade unions have paralysed public transport, day-care centres, hospitals and refuse collection with strikes across the country in the pay dispute.

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