National action day for equal pay. True to their new strategy of involving employees more actively in the protection of their interest, and as a clear message to employers, German unions decided to organize their action day directly in over one thousand businesses, not via a great demonstration. The DGB is counting on about 100,000 employees mobilizing across Germany. The central claim for the day, with the watchword “Equal pay for equal work,” is the passing of a law introducing equal treatment between temporary and permanent workers. According to the IG-Metall, the pay gap between the two groups revolves around 20-40%. Currently, the Federal Employment Agency lists 800,000-1M temporary workers in Germany, i.e. about 3% of employees paying social contributions, or even 138% more than ten years ago, before the Hartz IV laws (2003-2005) completely liberalized the temporary work sector. The DGB’s figures show that, last year, 43% of jobs created were filled by temporary employees, 42% by fixed-term contracts, and only 15% by permanent contracts.
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