GERMAN port employers and the union representing dockworkers have reached an agreement on wage increases, ending a long-running dispute that has heavily disrupted operations at some of the country's busiest container ports.
The Central Association of german Seaport Companies (ZDS) and the United Services Union, known as ver.di, reached a collective bargaining result in their 10th round of negotiations last week. Some 12,000 employees in Germany's North Sea ports will receive significant increases in pay packages.
The deal ends a union campaign that saw a series of 24-hour 'warning strikes' by ver.di in June followed by a 48-hour strike in July, shutting down container terminals in Hamburg, Bremerhaven, and Wilhelmshaven, reports IHS Media.
But across the North Sea in the UK's busiest container port of Felixstowe there is no resolution in sight as an eight-day strike that?
The Central Association of german Seaport Companies (ZDS) and the United Services Union, known as ver.di, reached a collective bargaining result in their 10th round of negotiations last week. Some 12,000 employees in Germany's North Sea ports will receive significant increases in pay packages.
The deal ends a union campaign that saw a series of 24-hour 'warning strikes' by ver.di in June followed by a 48-hour strike in July, shutting down container terminals in Hamburg, Bremerhaven, and Wilhelmshaven, reports IHS Media.
But across the North Sea in the UK's busiest container port of Felixstowe there is no resolution in sight as an eight-day strike that?
