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Away with the Eight-Hour Day? in the Cdu Criticism Is Now Loud

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Friedrich Merz wants to leave longer and more flexible work. Criticism comes from his own party – the workers' wing demands stricter regulations.

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Black and red wants to re-regulate working time – including "obligation for electronic recording of working hours". What this means in practice is explained by an industry expert.

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Friedrich Merz wants to leave longer and more flexible work. Criticism comes from his own party – the workers' wing demands stricter regulations.

Chancellor Merz believes that the Germans should work more again, but not all of them see this as the case in his party. The CDU employee wing now provides conditions for new working time regulations.

·Munich, Germany
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New freedom for a new working world Flexibility with responsibility With the social partners. For the working world of tomorrow. The CDU stands for modern labour law New freedom for a new working world The working world has changed – and with it the needs of millions of people. Today, it is important to better reconcile work and family life, to be able to respond to top orders or to work more autonomously: all this requires rules that fit the re…

The CDU's employee wing, the CDA, is calling for strict rules for the planned flexibilization of working time law. In a paper titled "Principles for an Attractive Working Time Policy," employee representatives in Merz's party warn against excessively weakening the Working Time Act and demand the introduction of safety rules to prevent harm to employees. They argue that there are "many activities where flexible limits could lead to real disadvant…

This Tuesday, July 15th, the CDU held a meeting with SITE-Norte, a union that represents workers in various industrial sectors. It benefits from a broad presence in the municipality, thanks to its concentration of local manufacturing units, encompassing thousands of workers. The meeting, held at SITE-Norte's headquarters in Famalicão, was attended by […]

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Sueddeutsche Zeitung broke the news in Munich, Germany on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
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