Job seekers transformed into “police officers”. In an interview in the weekly Focus, Wolfgang Tiefensee offered to send the « long-term unemployed in buses and trolley cars to ensure the order ». « This would trigger less costs and would reinforce security and services », judged the social-democrat minister (SPD), justifying her idea: « We are constantly looking for public interest jobs that job-seekers can perform ». According to the Berliner Zeitung, the minister’s proposal was extremely crit
…Germany: the future of the long-term unemployed and joint management trigger a debate
Press review of August 26th to September 1st, 2006. German newspapers talked a lot about the debate triggered last weekend by the idea of Wolfgang Tiefensee, federal minister of Transport, to have the long-term unemployed "patrol" in buses and trolley cars. Other important subject: the difficult reform of the law on joint management in the firm, which is celebrating its 30 years this year.
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