North-Western steel industry - New steel agreement
IG Metall
25/11/2011
22/11/2011
The new agreement for some 75,000 workers of the steel industry in North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Bremen includes the following elements:
Wages
• Wage increase of 3,8 per cent from 1 December.
• November is a so called “Zero-Month” without wage increase.
• Appentices’ pay is also increased by 3,8 per cent.
• The wage agreement is valid till 28th of February 2013 (16 months).
Plus improvement of the situation of younger workers: Guarantee of unlimited employment of apprentices after completion of their apprenticeships.
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