Agriculture Minister Rainer Open to Minimum Wage Exceptions for Seasonal Workers

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Federal Agriculture Minister Rainer is open to demands to cut the minimum wage for seasonal workers.

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The Farmers' Association wants seasonal workers to receive only 80 percent of the minimum wage. Minister of Agriculture Rainer is open to this idea. SPD and trade unions criticise the advance.

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Only 80 per cent of the minimum wage for seasonal workers - that is what the Farmers' Association proposes. Agriculture Minister Rainer is open to the demand. The SPD and trade unions reacted with clear criticism.

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Alois Rainer (CSU) acknowledges the indispensable role of seasonal workers in the harvest. However, he apparently no longer wants to pay them the full minimum wage.

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The farmers' association finds open ears in the agricultural department with its attempt to reduce the wage limit for seasonal workers. The responsible CSU minister wants to examine a "right-wing way". Coalition partners and trade unions announce resistance.

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Alois Rainer from Bavaria has been Federal Minister of Agriculture for over 50 days. We wanted to know how he could quickly make up for the farms