Tag: DGB
Inflation: Federal government under pressure – further relief?
Coalition leadership with no clear direction Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck (from left), Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Finance Minister Christian Lindner. Berlin In view of rising prices, the pressure on the traffic…
Price shock – The 30 most important answers
Uncertain future Nobody knows exactly how energy policy will continue. However, some questions can be answered. (Photo: Mona Eing & Michael Meissner) As a result of Vladimir Putin’s war of…
Pensions will increase by up to 6.1 percent – that means the decision
The German Bundestag MEPs decided on Friday to increase pension payments. (Photo: dpa) Berlin A positive decision for millions of pensioners: In the Bundestag on Friday, the coalition launched a…
Ukraine war: security of supply more urgent than climate protection?
Uncertain future Nobody knows exactly how energy policy will continue. However, some questions can be answered. (Photo: Mona Eing & Michael Meissner) As a result of Vladimir Putin’s war of…
Olaf Scholz gives up the protective posture
“Be nice to one another” was announced by Axel Springer in Hamburg when he was still half a social democrat and a proud regional newspaper publisher. Nobody posts stuff like…
Merkel speaks of “barbaric war”
Angela Merkel According to a report, the former chancellor has now commented on the Ukraine war for the first time. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In her first public speech in around…
Criticism of the draft law to protect whistleblowers
The association “Die Familienunternehmer” spoke of the “old suffering” of German legislators, “almost compulsively falling into legislative over-fulfilment”. The ministry received a total of 45 statements from specialist groups and…
Yasmin Fahimi is the first woman to head the DGB
New DGB Chair Yasmin Fahimi The 54-year-old thanked the delegates for their willingness “to want to break new ground with me”. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Yasmin Fahimi is the first woman…
Feel-good bubbles are also bursting for trade unionists
DGB boss Reiner Hoffmann, designated successor Yasmin Fahimi Trade union values such as solidarity, justice and internationalism are under pressure. (Photo: dpa) Berlin If you look back at Reiner Hoffmann’s…
“When incompetence and smartass come together, I can become toxic”
Designated DGB boss Yasmin Fahimi during her May speech in Wolfsburg “Just don’t let them tell you nonsense about a wage-price spiral.” (Photo: DPA [M]) Hanover, Berlin Yasmin Fahimi misses…
BA sees seamless support at risk
Arrival of Ukrainian refugees in Munich Job centers are expecting a wave of new applications for basic security. (Photo: dpa) Berlin From June, thousands of refugees from Ukraine could be…
IG Metall representative becomes chairman of the works council
SAP headquarters The issue of payment is likely to be a key point of the new works council. (Photo: picture alliance/dpa) Dusseldorf For the first time, two union representatives head…
Hope for further evacuation from Mariupol
evacuations Mariupol is probably the worst hit city in Ukraine. (Photo: AP) Kyiv Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed his delight at the successful evacuation of civilians from the hard-fought…
Hope for further evacuation from Mariupol
evacuations Mariupol is probably the worst hit city in Ukraine. (Photo: AP) Kyiv Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed his delight at the successful evacuation of civilians from the hard-fought…
“For Putin, Germany has long been a war party”
View of Azovstal Steel Plant in Mariupol on Saturday Kyiv According to Ukrainian troops, they shot down two Russian fighter jets and several drones. The Su-25 aircraft and four of…
DGB boss Reiner Hoffmann calls for easing of EU debt rules
Berlin The chairman of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), Reiner Hoffmann, hopes that European debt rules will be relaxed. “Against the background of this disgusting war and the tasks…
SAP News: IG Metall wins works council election
SAP headquarters So far, the unions have had a difficult time with the software manufacturer. (Photo: Bert Bostelmann / picture folio for Handelsblatt) Dusseldorf The big unions have had a…
Good job opportunities for Ukrainian refugees
Dusseldorf, Berlin Refugees who are coming to Germany from the Ukraine these days first need a roof over their heads, people who take care of them and peace and quiet.…
Coalition is struggling to relieve consumers
Berlin The traffic light coalition is still looking for the right recipe to relieve citizens of the high fuel and heating costs. The proposal for a mobility allowance comes from…
Wie sich Deutschland auf die ukrainischen Flüchtlinge vorbereitet
Berlin, Fürstenberg Ukraine, Moldawien, Rumänien, Ungarn, Slowakei, Polen – fünf Länder und fünf Tage später erreichen Elena und ihre Tochter das brandenburgische Fürstenberg. Als die 34-jährige Mutter am 24. Februar…