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Verdi starts protest against working time reform: Danger for employees!
Verdi announces a campaign against the reform of working time regulations. New maximum working hours could be threatened.
Verdi starts protest against working time reform: Danger for employees!
Resistance is emerging in the Cologne debate about reforming working time regulations. The Verdi union has announced a campaign that is specifically directed against the changes planned by the Union and the SPD. Loud n-tv The existing eight-hour working day, which has been enshrined in law since 1918, is to be replaced by a maximum weekly working time. This would mean that employees could work up to 13 hours a day, which raises serious concerns at Verdi.
Verdi boss Frank Werneke warns that this reform significantly undermines occupational safety, especially for people in the service industries. Currently, employees are allowed to work up to 60 hours per week, with statutory working hours limited to eight hours per day, with the possibility of extending it to ten hours under special conditions. The new regulation would therefore set a weekly upper limit of 48 hours, which could further increase the pressure on employees who are already under a lot of strain. The trade unionist announced that Verdi will launch a broad campaign in the second half of the year to defend the eight-hour day, as there is currently no sign from the federal government to improve working conditions.
Demonstrations and demands
The reform plans are not only an issue among trade unions, but also arouse political emotions. A social partner dialogue is planned until mid-October, in which Verdi will take part in desk discussions in order to articulate the concerns of the employees. Concerns about deteriorating occupational health and safety will be paramount. Werneke only sees scope for working time recording, not for the basic rights of the employee. The regulations here are part of a comprehensive occupational health and safety law, which also includes health management and individual health promotion, and ensure the safety and health protection of all employees.
Overall, it shows that the planned reforms could not only have an impact on working hours, but also on the entire work culture, which would put employees in Cologne and beyond in a difficult situation. The unions, especially Verdi, are ready to fight these changes in the interests of the employees and to stand up for the rights of workers. The last word in this important debate has certainly not yet been spoken.