The Greens want to get a Federal Collective Bargaining Act through Parliament by the summer break. “Wherever the state acts as a client, you have to pay according to the tariff,” said party leader Ricarda Lang of the “Tagesspiegel” according to the advance report on Sunday. This should apply, for example, to service providers, food suppliers and lighting technicians at public events. In the future, government money should no longer be spent on wage dumping.
Lang complained that collective bargaining coverage in Germany had fallen by 20 percentage points over the past 25 years. “The collective agreement is a strong lever to renew the promise of advancement and to guarantee good work. Those who work according to the collective agreement earn better on average.”
The traffic light parties have agreed in the coalition agreement to strengthen the collective bargaining agreement. For example, public procurement by the federal government should be tied to compliance with a representative collective agreement for the respective industry. (dpa)