Keyword: Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie (IGBCE)

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Union Wants Germany to Apply for EMA

19.04.2017 - Germany’s chemical workers union IG BCE has called on the federal government to push for relocation of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to Germany. Currently based in London...

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Linde’s German Workforce Wins pre-Merger Concessions

13.12.2016 - In negotiations with industrial gases and engineering group Linde, the German workforce backed by the chemicals trade union IG BCE and the metalworkers union IG Metall has secured...

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German Chemical Workers Get 5.3% Pay Rise

28.06.2016 - Germany’s chemical workers union IG BCE and the country’s federal chemical employers association BAVC have settled a new contract for the industry’s 550,000 employees (including...

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German Chemical Employers Oppose Union Pay Rise Proposal

14.11.2014 - Germany's chemical workers union IG BCE is seeking a wage increase of 4-5% for the 550,000 employees of the country's chemical sector. As part of its lifetime work and demographics...

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German Chemical Employees to Receive a 3.7% Pay Hike

06.02.2014 - A new contract on wages and working conditions in the German chemical industry agreed by the chemical workers union IG BCE and the national chemical employers association BAVC on...

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First Chemical Industry Wage Rounds Inconclusive

16.01.2014 - The first national round of collective bargaining on a new 12-month contract for the 550,000 employees of the German chemical industry ended inconclusively in Darmstadt on Jan. 15...

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German Chemical Trade Union Seeks 5.5% Pay Rise for 2014

22.10.2013 - Germany's chemical trade union IG BCE has called for a 5.5% linear increase in wages and salaries in 2014 for all 555,000 employees of the country's 1,900 companies. The new 12...

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Changing Demographics in the European Chemical Industry

17.07.2012 - Silver Generation - European chemical industry employees are among the world's best paid and additionally enjoy social benefits their counterparts on the other side of the Atlantic...