The article addresses the question whether or not the trend towards the decentralisation of collective bargaining on …

bargaining process - was too fierce or if the establishments bound by the agreement failed to abide by it. In the end, it was not …-Legien Agreement, that the final breakthrough leading to industry-wide wage agreements was achieved. By this time the bargaining … parties were united in their determination to push back the influence of the state in favour of free collective bargaining …

In the second half of 2019, collective bargaining was conducted in only five of the 19 sectors included in the German …-West adjustment of weekly working hours was fulfilled. Collective bargaining focuses 2019 in the first half of the year. In this half … occurred in the collective bargaining disputes over cabin crew between UFO and Lufthansa and between UFO and Eurowings. In a …

involved in collective wage bargaining have it in their power to create the negotiating leeway needed by companies if they are … to introduce profit sharing. Indeed, in some fields of collective bargaining the first steps have already been taken. …

2050, while the average age of employees will increase. The consequence is a great need for new collective bargaining … enough room for negotiation at the establishment level. Qualitative collective bargaining needs to contribute to making …

Since the mid-1990s the German system of collective bargaining with its traditional dominance of sector …-level agreements has been faced by a process of creeping erosion. While the bargaining coverage has shown a steady decline, a far …-reaching decentralisation has increasingly undermined the system of multi-employer bargaining. Compared with other European countries, the …

Collective bargaining in the German metal and electrical engineering (M+E) industries has undergone a phase of … considerable development since the 1990s. The profound changes which underwent collective bargaining in M+E over the last two … restructuring which shaped the bargaining agenda. This discussion paper examines these developments, putting a special focus on the …