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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 15. January | 167 comments (167 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

True, but generally speaking the German collective bargaining system has historically been an effective tool for improving the standards of living of working people. It's getting badly frayed these days (for which the employers must bear most of the blame), and that's not good.

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Tue Jan 15th, 2008 at 03:54:00 AM EST
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Generally, I think this train drivers deal is good for the unions, though.

It's really distasteful to read all the concern in the press at a time when on average the wage rise in Germany is still below productivity gains + inflation.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Tue Jan 15th, 2008 at 05:34:55 AM EST
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I agree that it's rather unseemly watching business leaders bemoan the decline of collective bargaining after they spent most of the 90s undermining it. Still, there is a solid labor-oriented argument for the system. Labor leaders in Germany have been quite openly ambivalent during the train drivers strike.

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Tue Jan 15th, 2008 at 06:30:07 AM EST
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