trade unions
Kindergarten walk-outs strand thousands of kids
Public sector workers' union Ver.di has called on kindergarten teachers to strike for a second day in a protest against low pay hitting hundreds of pre-schools.
Nearly half fear working until later pension
Nearly half of Germans are scared that they will not be fit enough to continue working until the new retirement age of 67, a new study has suggested.
Fewer workers have union-agreed wages
Fewer German workers are working under national wage agreements made with trade unions, with experts suggesting the traditional role of unions was likely to continue shrinking.
Coke staff strike over bottled up frustration
Coca Cola employees across Germany walked off the job on Monday to kick off a series of warning strikes which will hit more than 50 company premises across the country over the next days in a conflict over wages and working times.
Union: Allianz forced protest cancellation
Germany’s biggest trade union has accused insurance giant Allianz of making a multi-million euro payment to help laid-off workers conditional on the union calling off a protest rally.