Zehn Jahre Tarifeinheitsgesetz: eine Bilanz

Abstract The Collective Bargaining Unity Act aims to prevent conflicts between collective agreements and thereby ensure the functioning of free collective bargaining. If the parties to a collective agreement are unable to avoid overlaps between collective agreements through voluntary cooperation, the majority principle applies: the collective agreement that affects more employees always takes precedence. After ten years, the results are mixed. In sectors with rival unions, autonomous agreements have been reached, largely avoiding overlaps between collective agreements. However, since no collective bargaining units have been formed, the expected pacifying effect has not been achieved.