Red Cross agreement keeps pay in line with public sector

The public service federations - Fp Cgil, Cisl Fp and Uil Fpl - have signed a new three-year agreement with the Red Cross, running until 2022. The overall pay increase will be around 4.5%, with the increases of €23,56, implemented on 1.12.2020, 1.12.2021 and 1.9.22. There are several other elements in the agreement including strengthening second level bargaining; the recognition of time taken to change into/out of uniforms as working time; the introduction of paid sick leave to look after children and revaluations of certain professions. Other provisions cover allowances for risks such as

The ver.di health union in the Baden-Württemberg region has successfully negotiated a new pay deal with the Schmieder group of rehabilitation clinics that brings the pay of the 2000 employees in line with pay in municipal hospitals. The agreement will run until 31 March 2021 when the union will again aim to keep pay in alignment. There is only one other private health facility in the region - a non-profit organisation - that is also in line with the public sector. Ver.di sees the Schmieder deal as setting the standard and negotiated just in time to put pressure on the Waldberg-Zeil clinic in

Trade unions organising in the Red Cross (FP CGIL, FP CISL, UIL and CISAL) have managed to secure an agreement on supplementary payments that protects employees' purchasing power over the last two years. Although bargaining over basic pay is still frozen, unions ensured that the Red Cross used additional funds to cover pay rather than allocated on other areas of spending. The unions have also ensured that they will be involved in negotiations over the process of transforming the organisation into a private association with particular concerns for application of the national agreement and