The sector minimum wage in the waste industry rises from €8.68 to €8.86 from 1 October. The rise comes after negotiations between ver.di and the local government (VKA) and private waste employers (BDE). The labour ministry then declares the rate generally binding for the sector. Ver.di estimates that around 20000 workers benefit from the minimum wage which it sees as crucial in sector that is highly vulnerable to social dumping.
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Higher minimum wage in waste sector
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The ver.di services union is to negotiate a sectoral minimum wage to cover the waste sector. Both the BDE private employers' association and local government employers (VKA) have agreed to talks. The union wants to ensure that current pay levels are protected by an industry-wide agreement. It says that while virtually all 90,000 municipal workers in the sector are covered by a collective agreement only 20,000 of the 70,000 private sector employees have the same protection. [Read more at > ver.di (DE)->http://presse.verdi.de/pressemitteilungen/showNews?id=640e8f28-62c7-11dc-51f4-0019b9e321cd]
Waste sector minimum wage to rise
The waste industry is one of several in Germany that benefit from a sectoral minimum wage. The minimum rate came into effect in January 2010 and has since risen from €8.02 an hour to €8.24 an hour. The rate will be increased again as from 1 September to €8.33 an hour and this will apply until 31 March 2012 . This is a 1.1% increase while inflation in Germany is currently running at 2.3%. Read more at > ver.di (DE)
Union calls for minimum wage in waste sector
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