Draft by Labour Minister Bas - Bundeskabinett Wants to Launch Controversial Collective Bargaining Law
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Thanks to CDU/CSU, what the social democrats failed to achieve in the traffic lights now works: With a pension package and collective bargaining law, the cabinet approves two of its flagship projects. But the trade unions want more.
The employer president criticizes the collective bargaining law as a "tariff coercion law". Labour minister Bärbel Bas contradicts and says it safe working conditions.
The trade unions see the collective bargaining law adopted by the cabinet as a step forward and the employers' associations are weathering. Meanwhile, Lars Klingbeil wants to combat undeclared work in small businesses more strongly.
Today, the Federal Cabinet also intends to launch the draft collective bargaining law of Federal Labour Minister Bas.


Every second employee works with a collective agreement - that was once more the case. The government wants to increase the wage binding and has now launched a law with a cumbersome name. However, the wage loyalty law also reaps criticism.
Business associations are running a storm against the law on collective bargaining. Too much bureaucracy, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry is moaning, and the president of the Federal Association of Employers' Associations Rainer Dulger speaks of "state coercion". The outcry could be expected in the face of the decades-long struggle of companies against collective bargaining, but in view of the massive state investment projects in the coming…
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