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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9629
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/postal services

Dutch company TNT to table complaint against minimum wage for German postal workers

Brussels, 26/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - The row over the minimum salary in the German postal sector between the Dutch private company TNT and the German historical operator Deutsche Post is about to take a European turn (see EUROPE 9568). TNT, which takes the view that the sole purpose of this minimum wage is to protect Deutsche Post on its national market, tabled an official complaint with the European Commission on Wednesday 26 March, giving the institution the means to intervene with the...

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