Germany
In austere times, German trade union achieves above-inflation pay rise for workers
Germany’s giant IG Metall union has secured an inflation-busting pay increase of 4.3% for engineers and metal workers.
If Liz Truss wants to be more like Germany, she should boost workers’ rights
Alex Hern shows Liz Truss the piece of data she seems to be ignoring in her attempts to become more like Germany.
German superunion to begin negotiating for 6.5 per cent wage increase
Tony Burke examines the future of the IGM, a German superunion, and how they're weathering the recession
German lessons for the British economy
Tony Burke argues that the government has many lessons to learn from Germany, and presents a new report from the TUC which aims to do just that.
Robin Hood Tax gains momentum – on the continent
Tony Burke writes about the calls from a leading German Trade Unionist to introduce a Robin Hood tax in Germany, and to deal with the discrepancy between taxes on earned and unearned income.
How the bond markets shackled European democracy
The bond markets are now riding roughshod over democracy in Europe, dictating policy - and personnel, writes George Irvin.