Tariff round 2021 The fight for the collective agreement

Status: 15.06.2021 12:43 p.m.

The economy in Germany will recover in 2021 after the slump as a result of the pandemic. The unions are now calling for some significant wage increases. Your goals and the collective bargaining agreements for 2021 at a glance. Falling numbers of new corona infections and the progress made in vaccination will lead to an economic recovery in Germany in 2021. The growing global economy supports the demand for goods “Made in Germany”. At the same time, inflation is rising significantly. With their sometimes high demands, the unions want all the more to ensure that the collective bargaining agreements in 2021 do not result in any real wage losses for employees.

background 06/18/2021

The trade unions and employers naturally assess the scope for wage increases differently in this situation. Collective bargaining is therefore programmed. You can find an overview of the major collective bargaining rounds in 2021 here:

* Source: WSI tariff archive; Note d. Red .: The table only shows the percentage wage claims and collective bargaining agreements. We have not listed special regulations such as one-off payments, profit sharing, wage increases by fixed sums (for all employees regardless of the respective income), vacation, etc. in order to keep the table clearer and comparable.

The approximately 160,000 employees in slaughterhouses and meat processing companies will in future receive a gradually increasing minimum wage. The new lower wage limit starts at 10.80 euros per hour, as announced by the food-enjoyment-restaurants union (NGG) and the food industry association (VdEW). From January 1, 2022, it should then be 11.00 euros, from December of the coming year 11.50 euros and from December 2023 finally 12.30 euros per hour. The NGG had already announced an agreement in the wage dispute on Thursday evening, but details had not yet been published. According to the VdEW, the first stage of 10.80 euros is now expected to take effect from August 1, when the general binding effect comes into effect.

Work contracts prohibited

The deputy NGG chairman Freddy Adjan stated that tens of thousands of people would benefit from the new industry minimum wage and would get “noticeably more money for their back-breaking jobs”. After the prohibition of work contracts with the labor protection control law initiated by Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD), the new industry minimum wage is “a second very important component for proper conditions in the meat industry”. The VdEW emphasized that, compared to the current statutory minimum wage, many companies are facing a 30 percent increase in a period of two and a half years. This means that many companies in the meat industry are “expected to do a lot”.

However, realizing that there were many broken rice restaurants in Saigon, The boldly flew to Hanoi to start a business, hoping to bring a familiar Saigon dish to Hanoi. “In Saigon, broken rice is everywhere on the sidewalks, big and small. From large scale restaurants to small casual eateries. Everyone in this city loves to eat broken rice. They all eat in the morning, lunch, afternoon, and evening because broken rice is easy to eat and reasonably priced. The broken rice shops are crowded. So I think, trading broken rice can help make money and be successful in Hanoi”, The recounted. Broken rice is a popular dish in Saigon Think is do. In early 2019, he decided to fly to Hanoi. Here, The met some close friends and asked them for advice, looking for a place to rent space to open a broken rice restaurant. After two weeks of searching, The rented a space of 50m2, including 2 floors, in Duy Tan street, Cau Giay, Hanoi. This is a beautiful, bustling place with a lot of office people. However, the rent is extremely expensive 20 million/month. Although the rent is expensive, he saw the potential because there were many offices and many office workers, so he still decided to do it. So rent the house for 1 year but have to pay 6 months in advance. Particularly, the rent for the premises has already expired 120 million VND. He spent 30 million to buy tables and chairs, cooking utensils, dishes and 5 million to buy ingredients such as grilled ribs, grilled meat, eggs, skin, egg rolls and other side dishes… Then hire 2 more service staff, salary 4.5 million/month/person. The total cost he initially spent was more than 160 million dong. Because the process to process broken rice is quite simple and few stages, when making the dish by yourself, The also finds that it saves a lot of time and the cost of hiring staff to serve. In addition, the side dishes of broken rice are also easy to prepare and relatively cheap. “The broken rice dish only has grilled ribs, eggs, skin, and egg rolls. Side foods need cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, sauerkraut, etc. All of these foods are rustic and can be bought easily at markets,” he said. With the remaining amount of about 40 million, The thought to reserve for the procurement of raw materials and pay staff in the first 2-3 months of business when there were not many customers. The strange thing is, although the restaurant is opened in such a method, it is not as satisfactory when it opens for sale. However, when coming to Hanoi, not everyone likes this dish, even though the price of a meal of broken rice in Saigon is only 35,000 VND. “In the first month, the shop had a loss. But I think the loss of the first month is normal because the customers are not familiar. Hopefully next month more guests will come. But the next month, I still have a loss. The next month will not be able to recover, “The said. The price of each plate of broken rice is very affordable, only 35,000 VND, but on many days, it can only sell about 50 servings. Deducting the money to buy raw materials, he only made a profit of about 500,000 VND all day. This amount is only enough to pay the salaries of 2 employees, electricity and water. 3 consecutive months of losses, too panic, The started to panic and find the reason why his broken rice restaurant has good food, enthusiastic service attitude is still not crowded. Turns out, Hanoi office people don’t like to eat broken rice often. They prefer to eat at familiar restaurants that they have tried. They also prefer popular dishes such as bun cha, bun dau, pho, and banh cuon on the sidewalk rather than sitting in beautiful restaurants. In addition, on sunny days, the temperature is up to 39 degrees Celsius, the number of visitors decreases. Sometimes it’s halved. Because it’s sunny, everyone is afraid to go out, so they bring home-cooked rice. Trying to maintain the shop until the end of the 5th month, The decided to close, accepting a loss of 200 million. “Any business person opening a restaurant wants to quickly recover capital and make a profit. But now I know, just relying on the basic advantages of the dish is not enough and will still lose face. The broken rice business in Hanoi is not suitable for the culinary needs of the people here. Meanwhile, the shops of pho, bun cha, and popular snacks with no brand or name but are always full of customers even though they are located in the alley,” he concluded. Having failed with a broken rice restaurant in Hanoi, The flew back to Saigon to continue working and saving money. After nearly 2 years, he continued to rent a space of 7 million / month to open a popular broken rice restaurant. “The failure in Hanoi taught me a great lesson. It is business, life or death, success or failure, the final decision is still the habits and preferences of the people there. Then comes the quality of the food and the issue of food safety and hygiene. Moreover, my mistake when I invested in opening a broken rice restaurant outside Hanoi was that I just opened the restaurant and asked for a big business. Therefore, I should learn from others, open a small shop, and then slowly see how it expands.”

However, from these part-time jobs, each student has different experiences. Some of you have been cheated by your employer, have a situation where “old ghosts bully new ghosts” … and you are mocked “why do college students do manual work”? That is also the story that a female student has just shared on a social networking forum and received a lot of attention from fans. At the beginning of her story, the hot girl student H oh : “Selling coffee carts is not respectable labor, people?”. The female student chose the job of selling trolley coffee to work part-time, even though it was a genuine job, she was ridiculed by her friends. Illustration Next, the female student recounted that, due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, the economic situation of her parents in the countryside was severely reduced, so the female student found herself a part-time job after school to earn more money. tuition fees for living expenses. The job that the female student chooses is selling trolley coffee, a job that receives a salary that makes her happy, more importantly, that she has just made money without affecting her studies. The story would not be worth mentioning if the female student did not have to listen to the sarcasm and teasing of her classmates about the job the female student is doing. The text of the story is shared as follows: “This year, the epidemic has returned, so my parents are in the countryside, doing live music rental business, but during the epidemic season, no one can organize events or get married to have an income. Just under control, our family receives After a few parties, when the festival came, the epidemic broke out again. If I could not pay the investment debt to buy equipment, I would lose my income because of the epidemic, so my education would also be affected. I see that, so I also want to go to work to help my parents in the countryside. But I still have a busy schedule, so full time is impossible. So I’m looking for part-time jobs. That’s it, I read and found a job that was selling trolley coffee. The work is not very hard, just push the small coffee cart to the corner of the street to sell. With an initial salary of 28k / hour, but one day I sold a lot, so the owner supported me to increase it to 40k / hour. I worked for a few weeks and felt that I could both ensure my schedule and take advantage of my free time to earn extra income, so I’m quite satisfied. And the story should have stopped here, but when I was assigned to sell near my school in Binh Thanh and my guests that day were students in the same course as me. And especially before, I once refused the love of a male friend in that group and until now I still think it was the right decision because even though he is really rich, he is like a beloved son with a series of “favorites”. ” about his feelings on his school’s Confession. Yesterday, it was sunny, but I was still recognized by them. They mocked “I knew you in the past, but now I don’t have to do this hard wholesale” and many sayings sound like nothing, but really, in my situation, I can understand what it’s like to be hinted at. Only “studying in college but going to the street to sell coffee, accepting friends N. is time to go out” is very annoying. Honestly, at that time, I was also a little sorry because I did not have the same conditions as them. But it wouldn’t be sad if today I didn’t hear my friends talking about them going around the school saying “business administration” but selling coffee, mocking me for studying “business administration” at a school. fame without finding a suitable job to do but selling coffee for a walk…. Then my friends also asked if I needed any help… Then when I go to class, everyone keeps teasing me, why don’t you sell coffee anymore, tomorrow get me a few dozen cups and I’ll invite the whole class to drink. … Hey everyone, the ministry of manual labor is not worthy of respect, is it that I go to college to gain knowledge, universities train quality labor, not always training directors and chiefs? where is the room. I do it with my own strength, I wake up at 5 am to prepare, at 5:30 am I have to be at the shop. I do it with my own strength, not cheating or stealing from anyone. Every industry is a profession, it is also a labor. Why do they have a mocking attitude towards people, part-time students like me?”. Immediately after this story appeared on social networks, it immediately received a lot of attention from fans, especially students. A series of comments were made, most of which advised female students to stay confident in what they are doing, to be proud of themselves when they can earn genuine money to support themselves. help parents. “Why do you care so much? I just do what I like, I have to be myself. I don’t care what other people say, as long as it doesn’t break the law it’s fine.” “In the past, when I went to school, I sold burgers, cleaned the toilet, cleaned the office, still delicious. Only someone who has never worked for a living behaves like that, but what makes money without committing crimes? All laws are the same.” “There is nothing funny about doing business with your own labor, thanks to a few small businesses, you have learned a lot of experience, the important thing is that not everyone dares to work hard and show their face to sell like that. !”. “Students in any profession need to be respected and put in the effort to be shameless. Those who are successful, they have also done manual and hard work to get the results they are today. what the gossip in and out of”. Indeed, any profession is worthy of respect, any genuine work is suitable for us to be passionate about. Earning money is not easy, for this reason, when you earn it yourself, you can see how precious it is. For those young people who are fortunate to have a better life, better family conditions, please refrain from criticizing and mocking other friends. Because you can’t know that those words, whether unintentionally or intentionally, will not make you more noble and noble; not to mention will severely hurt those “innocent” friends.

US President Joe Biden wants to pay government contract workers more money. Their minimum wage is to be increased from the current $ 10.95 to $ 15 an hour. A high-ranking representative of the government said that the president would issue a corresponding order later in the day. Those who currently only get the minimum can look forward to a 37 percent wage increase. However, the adjustment should be made gradually and not in one fell swoop.

Changeover deadline until March 2022

It is planned that the new minimum wage will be reflected in all new contracts from January 30, 2021. All existing contracts must also be converted by the end of March next year. From 2023, the salaries will then be adjusted according to the inflation rate. The decree also aims to standardize wages for all government contract workers. Because up to now there have been much lower hourly rates for those who get tips and only in this way reach the minimum wage.

“Five million people working for government”

The government was initially unable to say exactly how many people will benefit from the increase. White House officials said it would put “hundreds of thousands of workers” in a better position and stop living in poverty despite having a full-time job. According to figures from the Brookings Institution last year, an estimated five million employees work for US government contractors. The regulation primarily affects employees of companies that provide services on behalf of the government. This includes, for example, cleaning staff, maintenance staff, craftsmen or canteen employees.

National minimum wage at $ 7.25

The Biden government is confident that increased taxpayer costs will be offset by increased productivity. During the election campaign, the US president had promised to campaign for a nationwide minimum wage of 15 US dollars per hour. An attempt by his Democrats to enforce a corresponding law with the latest Corona stimulus package had failed in the Senate. The national minimum wage is currently $ 7.25. There are also higher limits in some states. The economically strong New York, for example, has already decided to gradually increase the minimum wage to $ 15.

The San Siro team has just renewed the contract with Swedish super striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic for another year after the 39-year-old “senior” scored 28 goals in 45 AC Milan caps in all competitions since the 2019 season. In the contract of the contract, Ibrahimovic will receive a remuneration of about $ 7.2 million / year. After two seasons in the United States in the LA Galaxy shirt to play in the MLS, the former striker Barcelona, ​​PSG and Man United returned to AC Milan in December 2019 on a free transfer. Although he has reached the age of the other side of the peak of his career, Ibrahimovic still shows a beautiful game with an effective ability to hunt. In the 2020-2021 season, “Saint Zlatan” has 17 goals in 25 matches in all competitions, continuing to prove to be one of the indispensable pillars of AC Milan. In addition to the rejuvenation in the club shirt, Ibrahimovic was also recalled to the Swedish team and could be present at Euro next summer. After signing the new contract, the official website of the AC Milan club wrote: “Ibrahimovic and AC Milan have reached an agreement to extend the contract. AC Milan is the team that Ibra has played with most in Serie A. After scoring 84 goals in 130 matches for the Rossoneri, Ibra will continue playing for us next season. “AC Milan makes me feel as comfortable as my second home. It’s great to be with my teammates and working with everyone here” – Ibrahimovic shared. The 39-year-old striker did not attend AC Milan’s last two games due to a penalty card and injury. Expected, he will return in the match against Lazio in the 33rd round of Serie A on April 27. Zlatan’s team are fiercely competing for their place in the top 4 of Serie A at the end of the season. AC Milan temporarily ranked second with 66 points after 32 matches and only 1 point higher than Atalanta and Juventus.