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Printing industry settles: staged rises to April 2028, term to Dec 2028

Staged rises of 2.0% from January 2027, 1.0% from July 2027 and 2.0% from April 2028 settle the 7.0% demand; term runs 29 months to December 2028.

By Taxxa AI OyPublished 2 October 2026

Payroll & Labour

Employees covered by the printing-industry collective agreement receive staged pay increasesWSI under a settlement dated 1 October 2026WSI. Wages, salaries and remuneration rise by 2.0 per cent from January 2027WSI, by a further 1.0 per cent from July 2027WSI and by another 2.0 per cent from April 2028WSI. The agreement runs for 29 months until December 2028WSI.

The settlement concludes the Druckindustrie round within the 2026 bargaining overviewWSI, in which the union demand stood at 7.0 per centWSI. The overview records the demand alongside the agreed outcome, so payroll teams can see the full arc from claim to conclusion: a 7.0 per cent demand answered by three stepped increases spread across 2027 and 2028 rather than a single 2026 upliftWSI. No lump-sum payment and no zero months for 2026 appear in the rowWSI, which distinguishes this round from several others in the same table that combined flat-rate payments or unpaid months with their percentage rises.

For payroll administration the operative detail is the timing of the three steps. The January 2027 increase takes effect at the start of the calendar year, the July 2027 step follows mid-year, and the April 2028 step applies for the final stretch of the term through December 2028. Employers whose pay cycles or budgeting follow the calendar year apply the first increase with January payroll, adjust again in July 2027 and a third time in April 2028. The 29-month term ending in December 2028 sets the horizon for the next round: no further increase under this settlement falls due after the April 2028 step, and the agreement remains in force through the end of 2028WSI.

The table places the printing-industry outcome among the later settlements of the 2026 round. Earlier 2026 agreements listed in the same overview include the Baden-Württemberg wood and plastics processing industry, the North Rhine-Westphalia energy sector, the Länder public service, the chemical industry, the eastern textile industry, North Rhine-Westphalia wholesale and foreign trade, the North Rhine-Westphalia confectionery industry and North Rhine-Westphalia retail, several with single or double-digit month terms into 2027 or 2028. Rows for the Gebäudereinigungshandwerk, the Metall- und Elektroindustrie and Volkswagen AG carry demands but no concluded settlement in this edition, so those rounds remain open.

The source is the WSI-Tarifarchiv overview of selected collective-bargaining demands and settlements in the 2026 round, status 2 October 2026. Legal basis: the Tarifabschluss Druckindustrie of 1 October 2026 as recorded in the WSI-Tarifarchiv overview Ausgewählte Tarifforderungen und -abschlüsse in der Tarifrunde 2026 (Stand: 02. Oktober 2026).

Apply the three staged increases to Druckindustrie payroll on 1 January 2027, 1 July 2027 and 1 April 2028, and diary the 29-month term ending 31 December 2028 for the next round.

Sources

Ausgewählte Tarifforderungen und -abschlüsse in der Tarifrunde 2026