Germany to award contracts only to firms with collective bargaining

NAMPA / DPA

2026-02-27

Berlin (dpa) - Public contracts awarded by the German government will be available only to companies that offer collective bargaining agreements for employees under a bill passed on Thursday by the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament. The Collective Bargaining Compliance Act received support from the coalition government, made up of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD), as well as the opposition Gree......

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