Die Rechtsgrundlage für Kollektivverhandlungen in Österreich ist im Arbeitsverfassungsgesetz (ArbVG) festgelegt. Gemäß dem ArbVG können Kollektivverträge zwischen kollektivvertragsfähigen Körperschaften der Arbeitgeber einerseits und der Arbeitnehmer andererseits abgeschlossen werden. Daher
Rechtsgrundlage der Tarifverhandlungen in Deutschland ist das Tarifvertragsgesetz von 1949. Tarifverträge können zwischen Arbeitgeberverbänden (oder einzelnen Arbeitgebern) und Gewerkschaften abgeschlossen werden. Im Gegensatz dazu dürfen Betriebsräte – gesetzliche Arbeitnehmervertretungen, die im
On 1 June 1999, the Mining, Chemicals and Energy Union (Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau,Chemie, Energie, IG BCE) and the German Federation of Chemicals Employers' Associations (Bundesarbeitgeberverband Chemie, BAVC) signed a pilot agreement for the collective bargaining district of Nordrhein. The new
On 6 June 1999, in discussions chaired by the Chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, the German federal government and the collective bargaining parties in the construction industry - the German Building, Agriculture and Environmental Union (IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt, IG BAU) and the employers' associations
On 5-6 February 1999, the Mining, Chemical and Energy Union (IG Bergbau Chemie Energie, IG BCE) held a conference in Hanover, bringing together around 270 local union members in order to evaluate recent developments in German collective bargaining. The contributions to the conference, which were
The German tyre producer and automobile supplier Continental AG, which has production plants in more than 15 countries and a worldwide workforce of about 62,300 employees, is currently the target of a global trade union campaign [1] organised by the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine
On 9 April 1999, the German Collective Agreement Act (Tarifvertragsgesetz [1]) celebrated its 50th anniversary. The legislation was enacted on 9 April 1949 by the common Economic Council for the British and American occupation zones of post-war Germany. Since the Act was adopted before the official
On 20 April 1999 the general secretary of the Chemical and Energy Workers' Federation affiliated to France's CFDT trade union confederation (Fédération Chimie-Énergie-CFDT, FCE-CFDT), Jacques Khéliff, and the president of the German Mining, Chemical and Energy Union (IG Bergbau Chemie Energie, IG
On 6 May 1999 the Bundesverband Druck employers' association and the Media and Printing Union (IG Medien) signed a new nationwide collective agreement for blue-collar workers in the German printing industry. The new agreement provides for a 3.3% increase in wages and vocational training payments
A recent study by the Cologne Institute of Business Research (Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln, IW) and the Institute for Employment Research (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung der Bundesanstalt für Arbeit, IAB) published in May 1999 provides new figures on collective bargaining
In the light of modern work organisation in many industries, the traditional distinction between blue-collar worker [1] s (Arbeiter) and white-collar worker [2] s (Angestellte) is becoming more and more anachronistic. Although the German trade unions have long argued for abolition of the distinction
On 6 March 1999, the minority Christian Metalworkers' Union (Christliche Gewerkschaft Metall, CGM) and the management of Jenoptik AG signed new company agreements (Haustarifverträge) for about 800 employees at the company's east German sites in Jena. Emerging from the old Carl Zeiss firm, Jenoptik