Germany: Union confederation calls for national minimum wage

Germany's main trade union confederation, the DGB, called for the introduction of a national minimum wage of €8.50 an hour and adopted a new constitution at its four-yearly congress in May 2010.

Delegates at the Confederation of German Trade Unions (Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, DGB) congress, held on 15 to 20 May 2010, agreed a new constitution with the aim of restructuring the organisation and reducing costs.