09:00 Friday, 11 April 2025

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Berlin Tech Workers Coalition will host the largest English speaking and tech worker-led conference in Germany, together with our trade unions ver.di B+B and IG Metall Berlin. We hosted it in 2022 and 2023 and are excited to organize it for a 3rd time!

Friday, 11 April 2025 is open for all Works Council members (registration required). As a Works Council training per BetrVG 37(6), you can do this training during working hours, and conference fee is paid by your employer. Register here: and find Works Council resolution template to send your members:

11 April Schedule

Time Panel
09:00 ☕️ Morning Check in
09:30 Introduction and Welcome
10:00 Parallel roundtables on current workplace issues, identification of common issues, exchange of experiences, best practices
12:00 🥙 Lunch break (vegetarian/vegan food)
13:00 Workshop 1: Are “Performance Improvement Plans” (PiPs) even a thing in Germany? What are the employment law regulations and what is the role of the Works Council?
13:00 Workshop 2: Unions and works councils, what’s the difference? Legal framework for collaboration, union rights of works council members
13:00 Workshop 3: ESOPs, VSOPs and the role of the woco: What to do with employer offers stock options?
14:30 ☕️ Coffee break
15:00 Workshop 4: Return to Office and the Works Council: Works agreements on mobile work, Recent developments in jurisdiction
15:00 Workshop 5: The works council’s role in workplace downsizing scenarios (mass layoffs)n
15:00 Workshop 6: Codetermination on remuneration: What are the woco’s rights and what differences are there between the unions’ collective agreements and works agreements?
16:30 ☕️ Coffee break
17:00 Closing panel on workplace discrimination,the Gender Pay Gap and workers’ counter strategies
18:30 Reflection phase, next steps, end of conference
19:30 Get together 🕺🪩

Email us conference@techworkersberlin.com if you have questions!

IG Metall Haus, 60 attendees from 2022 Conference

Code of Conduct

All meetings and communications are covered under the Berlin Code of Conduct. The privacy and safety of our members is important to us. Sharing the identity of members and or taking/sharing photos are strictly forbidden unless express consent is given.

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