COLOGNE (dpa-AFX) – “Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger” on collective bargaining in the public sector:
“The anger of some employees will also go home with the unions. With the demands for a 10.5 percent increase in salary, the employee representatives have raised high expectations. The fact that the unions were not able to achieve a higher salary increase is also due to the financial reality of the Municipalities. Some cities and municipalities already have high debts and only little financial leeway in their budgets. The tariff increases will be a tour de force for the municipalities.”/yyzz/DP/he