Translation of "Lohnverzicht" in English

Two days earlier the Free Unions had already agreed to refrain from labour strikes and demands for higher wages for the duration of the war.

What has Germany's glorious working time reduction since 1984 brought us but unlimited flexibilisation and lower wages (signed by the unions)?

In my view, however, the rapporteur oversteps the mark when he says that a reduction in working time without cuts in wages is one of the major objectives in the transport industry.

These include the need to reduce working time without cutting wages, the development of social dialogue and the principle of social non-regression, so that progress for some does not lead to a backward step for others.

A linear reduction in working time without a cut in wages would be an economic heresy that would lead to a decline in competitiveness and therefore also to a further loss of jobs.

Now that negotiations are in progress about shorter working times and wage renunciations, about doing away with night shifts and reductions in staffing levels, the consequences for the firm’s management have to be discussed.

The "wedge" between total employer's costs and the employee's net wages will therefore have to be significantly reduced, without however affecting wage levels.

The "wedge" between total employer's costs and the employee's net wages will therefore have to be significantly reduced, without, however, affecting wage levels or endangering the financing of the social security system.

They are struggling for their jobs and against wage concessions under the slogan "End the blackmailing" .

The demand for wage renouncement by older employees or the shifting of the Schulbeginns around one hour, so that the pupils come out-slept to instruction - those are only two points that extremely are enough for indictment.

The 150 franc increase, coming on the heels of three years of stagnant wages, is not just a ridiculous pittance but a dangerous fraud.

Also, we had to report that our trade union leadership - with no mandate from the workforce - led negotiations with employers about wage cuts for alleged workplace safety and that we in Germany do not have the class consciousness of the Tekel workers.

Employees have agreed, after an intensive discussion process with Paul Mackay (HR) and Justus Wittich (Finance), to an 8 percent wage cut in 2015.

Agenda 2010 and Hartz IV have increased the German competitiveness not merely owing to high productivity but also by means of politically imposed wage cuts.

The impending worldwide and far-reaching recession, the effects of which can now be seen in a reduction in demands and exports, an increase in overtime, a shortening of working times, a lack of investments, lower wages and a renunciation of wages, make it necessary to protect the workforce for some time to come.

Wage sacrifice and working longer hours in the short and medium term bring about reduction of consumption, not to the detriment but to the advantage of people and the economy!

Forgoing wages and cancelling holiday entitlements are merely the visible tip of the iceberg in terms of salary dumping and the covert eradication of the social claims of female workers,

To even more upset the workers, who do not only in their capacity as employees represent the decisive source for the successes of the industry, but also by their consumption as buyers the industrial enterprises' products, by now demanding wage renunciation equals the strategy of industrial hardliners, which has been practiced for years.Threats concerning relocations and the alleged constraints of globalisation are as much part of their repertoire as ideas from their ancient box of tricks: wage restraint in order to remain internationally competitive.