Ver.di will convene its public services collective bargaining committee on 18 and 19 of December to agree its pay claim for federal and local government workers. General secretary Frank Bsirske has made it clear that the demand will be for a significant pay rise to compensate for current inflation and for the decline in real pay in recent years. The last agreement came into effect in October 2005. It introduced a new pay structure but only included lump sum payments and no increases to pay rates over the 27 months.
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