Many companies do not think economically enough, says DGB Chairman Reiner Hoffmann. Good pay concern for the stability of the economy.
Schwerin – The DGB Chairman, Reiner Hoffmann, has lamented the Erosion of collective agreements in Germany. Until the beginning of the 1990s, a good three-quarters of all employees were recorded in the old Federal Republic of collective agreements, said Hoffmann, the German press Agency in Schwerin. “Today there are only 57 percent.” In the new countries, the coverage rate of collective agreements amounts to just 44 percent.
collective agreements ensured the employees much better conditions, said Hoffmann. “Wages are only 900 to 1200 euros a month later, the vacation is longer, the working hours are shorter, working conditions better.” They are also meaningful for companies and managed to the same conditions of competition. At the same time the social cohesion.
be A reason for the sagging of the collective bargaining coverage in Germany, that the West would not have invested in German companies after the reunification, in the East, under the proviso that your daughter’s company to join the employers ‘ Association. Thus, they were not bound by collective agreements. “This was not been justified by the fact that productivity is still high enough,” said Hoffmann. However, productivity could not develop, if appropriate wages are paid. In the aftermath of the collective bargaining landscape was also in the West under pressure.
A stable tariff binding could also offset declines in Export
DGB-Chef Hoffmann accused the employers, often only in the short term economically, instead of also people to think economically. Wages are not only a cost factor, he said. “The fact that we have a relatively stable domestic economy, is also due to the fact that the trade unions in recent years, we have managed a good fare increases to complete. Much of it goes into direct consumption.“ So as to avoid impending and already occurring declines could be in the Export balanced.
With a view to the dissatisfaction of Parts of the East German population, he referred to the regions with positive development, such as Jena, Leipzig, Germany, or Schwerin. “The living conditions have aligned in the last 30 years, if there are differences.” Unemployment in the year 2000, in the East around ten percentage points higher than in the West. Today, there are two points. “This is a success story.” Hoffmann welcomed the concept of the Federal Minister of labour, Hubertus Heil (SPD) for a basic pension. Of women, in particular, could benefit in the East, he said.
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