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For 'n Appel and' n egg?
23 percent of Germans now work in low-wage sector, that is for less than 75 percent of average income. Wage and justice that are 2 terms that exist in these democratic times do not necessarily require more. Almost fair wages come in the real exestierenden Federal Republic of becoming less. Taxi drivers who drive for 2.50 € per hour through the night, or hairdressers with 3.50 € hourly wage there are no longer rare. Only about one in eight workers in low-wage sector creates even out the leap to a paid normal, that is decent Work.
Considering the low-wage sector is separate, then, first, that the number of workers here has increased dramatically since 1995. During 1995 there were more than 4.5 million low, in 2006 it was about 6.5 million, representing an increase of 43 percent.
But 2004-2006 were added to 700 000 low-wage workers - as a consequence of that restructuring of the labor market, terminology such as "Hartz4" or "Agenda 2010" connected: But that's not all
from this development are not only low-skilled, part-time and mini-jobbers affected. The oft-cited middle class has to suffer much lower, because employees in small and medium-sized companies are much more often with dumping wages, cutbacks in social security and similar constraints faced as their "colleagues" in corporations and large companies. Here, the share of low is significantly lower. In companies with up to four staff people working on the other hand over half of the workers to low wages. No wonder that now, more and more about corporations and large companies to found their own employment agencies, to use it even once to elude the negotiated contract wages. In other trick is doing particularly out of retail. There branches are closed by collective bargaining agreements, opened during the next corner a new branch without a collective commitment. Or the staff will be redeployed in the same lower income classes.
blame for this development has been estimated by many experts in addition to the continuing pressure of economic recession and high unemployment, allemm and the European Union. Since this in close cooperation with the democratic Menschheitsbeglückern of the Left Party and the CDU, the new Entsenderegelungen and the opening of markets for services - which were previously in state hands - largely contributed to extend the low-wage sector and the situation of workers to deteriorate even more. While
the new providers of such services need to keep in most other European countries generally binding collective agreements, they can pay on the market in Germany every enforceable contract. This invites companies with business models that are based not on innovation but on Lohndrückerei. In line with West German democrats.
Every other temporary hiring!
Every other employee gets his new job for much longer. This is the result of a study by the Institute for Labour Market and Employment Research.
The percentage of temporary contracts was therefore in the first half of 2009 to 47 percent increased. In 2001, the proportion was one third. The Federal Statistical Office has reported that almost one in ten workers now have no more permanent appointment. And the Democrats want this "liberalization of the labor market" push even further. Accordingly, the government plans to introduce a law to limit the contracts to facilitate even more. Then still need more employees expect to be busy for much longer.
This particular young people are forced to sell its entire life - and family planning to align the next available job. Since a fixed-term employment relationship, the professional future too uncertain is also more and more young people not to have children because they do not know if they eat this in 1-2 years at all can. In addition, temporary workers often draw the short straw in Qulifizierungen because it is simply not worthwhile for the company, these employees still educate. What short or long turn, lead to the low employment.
"Ask instead promote" The
at the present time a lot is in a bad fall, if only on the fact that even the media as the "Lusatian Observations" demonstrate not help but come now systemic errors. So we find ourselves compelled fst already, the text excerpts and without comment to print as a mirror of this degenerate time ...
(LR, 19/03/2010)
Even weeks before the end of his training Martin most of the used up for him in qualifying holdings. Unfortunately, he got around just to hear that as a result of the economic situation can change anybody. Quick was also clear that work is getting in the region is still on temporary employment agencies that offer mostly unskilled jobs with correspondingly degrading pay.
This was indeed at first been very frustrating, much worse, however, the bureaucratic ordeal that followed. After the prescribed period last year reported atrbeitslos had met the 20-year-olds know the operation of the Job Centers. Talking to his employment agency he asked first for a qualification measure. He wants to make the welder's certificate or pass an aptitude examinations to increase its bid opportunities. But they will refuse rigeros. The justification is always the same: He is young, and so well audgebildet nationwide to communicate. He should apply it in Baden-Wuerttemberg. And so did the responsible agents acted completely properly, confirmed the directors of the Agency's work in Senftenberg, Sven Mochmann. "Because the agency is always the first step towards integration," said he legal principle. "Agencies shall take precedence over funding".
Because they turn to see in the Lausitz no job prospects for many young people at home and walk back to the old federal states or go abroad from. But to go that far, for Martin the question. The young man is very attached to his home and wants to deliberately build up in the Lausitz his future life. The 20-year-old understands perfectly that it's hard with 19 percent unemployment to take root in the region on foot. What he does not understand is that many young people the motivation to make something off-site, is immediately nullified. His experience is at the employment agency helped the young people do not really competent. Instead, they send from door to door, getting contradictory information about the general hotline and a direct contact to come through often do not. But when he heard that his acquaintances similarly imposed with the employment agency and one is dan still threatening to cut their unemployment benefits, the measure of it is full: "It can not be the solution, sending away all the young people from here! "he gets upset. If this continues, need not be surprised if it is in the Lausitz in 20 years, only flowering landscapes ...
The pension is safe?
A record budget deficit, the revenue decline, the calculations are not - now have to re-ran the retiree.
As the Christian Democrat Minister Bluem was still, he was with his statement "The pension is safe - and who says something different is lying!" Famous. He probably had not lied, because surely meant was only his own retirement security. But in fact the following year had established that the state pension, which had always been regarded as unavoidable fact, and was no longer financially viable "reforms" had to reduce the pension ago. Riester, a certain thought with the same "Riester - Rente" to perpetuate. The federal government approved 3,000 offers from hundreds of insurance companies and those representatives made advertising so that the state anything, but everything would guarantee the economic. The economy was doing well because she always does, as long as there is merit in the matter. The Germans believed the promises still not as expected and so the "Riester-Rente" a failure. This of course, because the customers were from the windy insurance agents persuaded more than convinced.
remained since then, the pension plans, which were considered "safe" and, of course, was the assumption that they would remain so, more than naive. The question was rather, what group would be the first to venture, to proclaim the bitter truth.
Yesterday, declared the "Bundessozialministeruim" which would have 20 million pensioners to accept a pay freeze this year, as the gross wages, which are critical, were dropped in the last century on - of course because of the economic crisis!
We remember the words of former Chancellor Schröder on 28 January 2005 at the World Economic Forum in Davos about the objectives of Agenda 2010:
"We must have our labor market and liberalized We have built one of the best low-wage sectors, which is available in Europe."
The consequence was long predicted. But as the Democratic party strategists, consider if any, only until the next election, to date no action has been taken that could prevent this development. And so surprising and the prognosis of the German Institute for Economic Research, not the pension benefits will fall more heavily in eastern Germany. Thus given the possibility that your older East German born today, on average receive more pensions paid € 900 -1000. For the members of the younger cohorts (1962-1971) the old covers around 600 € will be. Divided by gender, this means: In men, the payment amount decreases from 886 to 594 € for women of 646 to 466 euros - well below the level the basic insurance of 600 €. Brave new prospects!
