Die Auswirkungen des Tarifeinheitsgesetzes auf das Arbeitskampfrecht

‘No labour disputes are prevented—neither legally nor factually—by the statute on salary unity.’ This is the core assumption of this investigation, which is the exact opposite of the expectation of legislators that the proportionality of labour disputes has to be interpreted in line with the stipulations on salaries in BT-Drs. 18/4062, p. 12. This thesis is based on a comprehensive analysis, closely geared to the practical problems of salary unity and the interaction between the laws on collective bargaining and industrial action in terms of the proportionality of labour disputes, peace obligations and the principle of a workers’ collective bargaining unit. Following several works on the constitutionality of the statute on salary unity, this study is the first to present the practical effects of unified salary agreements in appropriate depth.