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Social partners at Eurogate, one of the largest port operators in Germany, with around 5,000 employees, penned a collective agreement “on the future” at the end of 2018, following several years of talks. The agreement is valid for 10 years and provides for pro-active management by social partners of the company’s automation process. Among the new steps taken as part of the agreement is the creation of a joint automation committee, with veto power, in order to guide transformation at the company, which should be carefully supervised and protect workers as far as possible. Eurogate’s management and the Verdi trade union also reached an agreement on sizeable investments in training and well as socially “acceptable” adjustments to working time and wages. This is the first agreement of this type and on a subject that is far-reaching, affecting all sectors. Christian Schadow, negotiator for Verdi, shone greater light on the deal when speaking to Planet Labor.
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