Rising prices are a particular burden on low and normal earners. DGB chairman Hoffmann demands that the price increases must flow into wage increases in the medium term.
In view of rising prices, the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) wants to insist on wage increases in the coming collective bargaining rounds.
“Inflation compensation, employee participation in productivity gains and a distribution effect remain the main goals of our collective bargaining policy, even in this serious crisis,” said DGB chairman Reiner Hoffmann to the editorial network Germany.
“It is clear that price increases must be reflected in wage increases in the medium term,” he said. “We are currently seeing that the rising prices are affecting low and normal earners in particular.” In this respect, it is self-evident and more than justified when trade unions also refer to the currently high inflation and insist on compensation in collective bargaining rounds. “This is the only way to secure real income.”
Due to the current crisis, the forthcoming collective bargaining rounds will focus not only on fair wages but also on securing jobs, according to Hoffmann.
Source: Stern
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