Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) has called on employers and trade unions to improve collective bargaining coverage in Germany. At the moment it is only an average of 48 percent, said Heil. More companies and thus employees with a collective agreement are “economically, but also socially important.” Collective bargaining is a central element “to push back state interference,” said Thuringia’s Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (left). Ramelow, who was a trade union official before his political career, spoke of a growing number of demands that “politics should regulate the sphere of the working world”. From his point of view, this is the wrong way, the social partners are required.
Federal Minister – Heil complains about low collective bargaining coverage – Economy
