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Finally more money for painters in the Meißen district: wages are rising!
In the Meißen district, wages for painters will rise to 19.10 euros from June, with further increases on the horizon. Details of collective bargaining and implications.
Finally more money for painters in the Meißen district: wages are rising!
In the Meißen district there is a reason to be happy for those working in the painting and varnishing trade. From June 2025, the hourly wage for these craftsmen will rise to 19.10 euros. This wage increase applies retroactively from April and gives full-time employees around 110 euros more on their monthly salary. The industry can look forward to around 400 employees in 65 companies who are benefiting from this news Sächsische.de reported.
But that's not all: As part of the collective bargaining, which posed a real challenge, an increase was also decided for trainees. From August 2025, trainees in the painting and varnishing trade can look forward to 50 euros more per month. In addition, the industry minimum wage has evolved. From July 2025, this will be 15.55 euros for employees without a collective wage. This shows that the rights and well-being of workers in the skilled trades are taken seriously.
The path to fair wages
In total, around 150,000 employees in the painting and varnishing trade will receive a salary increase in 2023, which is regulated by collective agreements. There will be a further increase of 2.6 percent in 2024, with the increase in eastern Germany being 10 cents above the western level. The collective agreement setting out these changes was adopted at the end of 2022 and came into force at the beginning of 2023. This contract is valid until September 30, 2024, as also stated in a report by German craft newspaper can be read.
The collectively agreed basic wages were already increased last year and are currently 18.87 euros in the west and 18.44 euros in the east. The minimum wages were not left out either. From April 1, 2024, it will be 15.00 euros for skilled workers and 13.00 euros for helpers. These adjustments are urgently needed to secure the living standards of employees.
The challenges of collective bargaining
The negotiations were anything but smooth. The IG Bau and representatives of the employer side agreed on a compromise, but the discussions were very strenuous overall. While employers made a proposal to increase wages by 2.9 percent in March 2025, this was rejected by IG Bau as inadequate because it did not even compensate for inflation, as noted in another article Craft.com is held.
The discussions about fair pay are in full swing and the demand for a wage increase of 8 percent will continue to be discussed in the future. Employers signaled a willingness to talk, suggesting that, despite the difficulties, they are willing to find an agreement that is acceptable for both employees and employers.
Overall, it shows that the industry is on the right track, but there are still many challenges ahead. The progress in wage adjustment is a positive sign that will benefit both craftsmen and the entire industry.