Ireland
Public service union IMPACT reports that public sector pay increases are below those in the private sector. The latest official figures put public sector increases at 3.6% compared to 4% in distribution and business services, 4.4% in industry, 6.3% in the finance sector and 6.4% in construction. The union argues this has become a persistent trend.
Read more at > IMPACT (EN)
The OAO public sector trade union organisation has published data on pay developments across the public and private sectors. It notes that average pay in the state sector fell by 0.6% in the year to February 2012 - the first year of the two-year agreement negotiated in 2011. The report also notes that wage developments across the economy have not kept pace with inflation. The OAO is a coordinating body that brings together 16 trade unions in the state and local government sectors. It has produced English publications on collective agreements in the state sector and on social clauses in
The Hans Böckler research institute has published it round-up of collective bargaining in Germany in 2006 and notes that pay deals averaged 1.5%, just below the 1.7% inflation rate and therefore well below the 3.5% “negotiating space” made up of inflation (1.7%) plus productivity growth (1.8%). The main energy sector deal during the year (AVEU Ost) was higher at 2.6% while there was no increase in pay rates in regional government, only lump sum payments of between €50 and €150. [Read more at > Hans Böckler (DE)->http://www.boeckler.de/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3D0AB75D-85AFF3A6/hbs/hs.xsl/547_85115
