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The leading level of negotiations is the sector or branch. Besides the major branch agreements there are also numerous collective agreements with individual firms. Collective agreements can be declared generally by binding the associated governments. In case the agreement is regional the convention collective metallurgie cadre is done with the local government.

The significance of convention collective metallurgie cadre agreements has increased considerably in recent years. This is a major reason for the higher proportion of workers who are covered by collective agreements.

The convention collective metallurgie cadre mainly can be announced and frame worked by the concerning government. It is generally the request of the negotiating partners and then applied automatically by all the companies in the sector or that particular region. Mostly the convention collective metallurgie cadre is not widespread in the industrial sector. There is no minimum wage nationally. However the convention collective metallurgie cadre enables the authority to introduce the binding of branch wide minimum wages. Where the wages dumping was unmistakably occurring without the generally binding under convention collective metallurgie cadre.

While in Switzerland in the year 2011 the Swiss Federation of trade union obtained around 112000 signatures for people's initiative to introduce a national minimum wage and bind it under the convention collective metallurgie cadre.

As far as their contents are concerned convention collective metallurgie cadre it includes points such as:-

Wages.
Working conditions.
Fund regulations.
Training social funds.
Work timings.
Financial participations.
Participations right.
Conflicts resolution and so on.

There is a wide range of options for increasing real wages, which can also be combined in the convention collective metallurgie cadre. This includes in general the percentage or the amount related for all employees in accordance with wage scales which is distributed individually in the enterprise.Read full pdf here.