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☆ Santander lagging behind on inflation payment for German bank staff
  + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
FRANKFURT, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Spain's Santander (SAN.MC) is the only major bank operating in Germany that has not announced a special payment to local staff to help them with soaring inflation, union officials told Reuters, although the bank said talks were ongoing. Last year, German union Verdi called on banks to give some of their lowest-earning workers a special payment to help them combat higher energy prices. "Santander is the big exception among public and private banks," said Stefan Wittmann, a Verdi official negotiating on behalf of Santander employees. On Friday, Santander and union officials agreed to take up the issue at a meeting next week, but Santander hasn't made a binding offer, Wittmann said. Santander said it was in talks with Verdi on amending its collective wage agreement, and the inflation demands came up in talks late last year.
☆ A major union in Germany says workers at Tesla's Berlin factory face unreasonable working hours and fear speaking out
  + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A major German union has criticized the working conditions at Tesla's giant Berlin plant. IG Metall said long hours mean workers have too little time for "leisure, family, and relaxation." At the conference, IG Metall, a German union representing workers at Tesla's Gigafactory has criticized the electric carmaker for poor working conditions, Reuters reported. Tesla did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, made outside normal US working hours. Tesla struggled to hire at the Berlin-based factory because of low wages, IG Metall told Bloomberg in June.
☆ Tesla under fire in Germany over union concerns on working hours, contracts
  + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Workers were also increasingly fearful about discussing their working conditions openly because of non-disclosure agreements they were told to sign along with their work contracts, IG Metall said. Over time we are observing that this enthusiasm is withering," Irene Schulz of IG Metall Berlin-Brandenburg-Sachsen said in a statement. "Tesla is not doing enough to improve working conditions and is leaving too little time for leisure, family and recovery." Tesla China has also asked some staff to sign non-disclosure agreements, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. Reuters found several people on LinkedIn with the title of "Security Intelligence Investigator" working for Tesla in Austin, San Francisco and Shanghai.
☆ German union warns Amazon of rolling pre-Christmas strikes
  + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
BERLIN, Dec 18 (Reuters) - German union Verdi on Sunday called on workers at Amazon warehouses across Germany to support rolling strikes in coming days in a protest over pay, aimed at maximising disruption to the online retailer's pre-Christmas business. Amazon, which does not recognise collective bargaining agreements in Germany, did not immediately respond to an e-mailed request for comment. Verdi said Amazon staff in Germany earned several thousand euros a year less than their counterparts at companies with collective bargaining rights. It said alternating strikes would hinder Amazon management's attempts to prepare for stoppages. The union did not immediately respond to a question as to whether its Amazon members had been balloted over the strike action.
☆ German union says it reached wage deal with Volkswagen
  + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Jan Schwartz Ludwig Burger | Jan Schwartz | Ludwig Burger | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
FRANKFURT, Nov 23 (Reuters) - German metalworking union IG Metall said on Wednesday it agreed a wage deal with Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) for the carmaker's western German factories. The trade union said a news conference on the agreement would be held at 0800 GMT in the northern city of Hanover. IG Metall, which is Germany's largest trade union, in July demanded an 8% wage increase for around 125,000 workers at six German VW plants as well as at subsidiaries including Financial Services. In a separate deal that set the benchmark for 3.9 million metal and electrical sector workers across Germany, IG Metall, this month agreed a below-inflation pay hike in a deal that pointed to containable wage pressures in the broader euro zone. Under the agreement with employers at the time, workers' pay will increase by 5.2% from June 2023 and 3.3% from May 2024.
☆ Audi supports one-off staff payments over permanent wage hikes
  + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
BERLIN, Oct 30 (Reuters) - German carmaker Audi is in favour of offering employees one-off tax-free payments instead of permanent wage increases, its human resources director said, as unions across Europe's biggest economy demand higher wages in light of rising inflation. Workers' purchasing power in Germany has already taken a hit, with consumer price inflation at 11.6% in October. Employers, however, do not see much scope for wage increases due to the rising costs of material and energy. But such payment could be a way to reach an agreement, Audi HR Director Xavier Ros said, adding that responding to rising consumer prices with significant wage increases would harm the economy in the long-term. Audi, a Volkswagen Group (VOWG_p.DE) brand, is not itself a direct partner in the wage negotiations, but it adopts the talks outcomes in a collective wage agreement.
☆ German union calls on Amazon workers to strike during sale
  + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
BERLIN, Oct 11 (Reuters) - German trade union Verdi on Tuesday called on workers at nine Amazon distribution centres across Germany to go on strike this week, during the company's second major sales event this year, to pressure the retailer into collective bargaining agreements. The union said the strikes would begin and end at different times at the various locations to make it hard for the company to react. "Strikes have to hurt, even for a giant like Amazon," said Monika Di Silvestre, who is coordinating the strikes. Amazon's two-day "Prime Early Access Sale" shopping event for members, which starts Tuesday, is much like the Prime Day summer marketing blitz and will compete with early discounts from rival retailers for customers grappling with inflation-squeezed Christmas budgets. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterWriting by Miranda Murray Editing by Madeline ChambersOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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