Germany’s public employees push for 7% wage hike in critical talks

A showdown over wages begins as unions clash with employers over fair pay. Will Germany’s public workers secure their biggest raise in years?

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2025 December 3 . 5:21 AM

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Wage negotiations for civil servants begin in Berlin - Germany’s public employees push for 7% wage hike in critical talks

Wage talks for Germany’s public sector employees will start on Wednesday at 11:00 AM in Berlin. The negotiations involve unions and the Tarifgemeinschaft deutscher Länder (TdL), covering around 925,000 salaried employees across the country. The ver.di service workers’ union and the German Civil Service Federation (dbb) are pushing for a seven percent pay rise. They also want a minimum monthly increase of €300 for all affected staff. Before talks began, the TdL dismissed these demands as too high. The outcome of these talks will directly impact wages for hundreds of thousands of public sector employees. If approved, the new terms will extend to both current and retired staff across multiple German states.