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Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) - The state parliament is debating this Thursday in a current hour about so-called tariff flight in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Many housing groups, trade or textile companies refused collective agreements, terminated existing contracts or no longer allowed them to apply to new employees, criticizes the SPD opposition.
As examples, the Social Democrats named the housing groups Vonovia and LEG, the companies Thalia and Esprit and the new owners of the sold trading company Real.
The state government had to take a position in parliament on the «tariff flight».
In the retail sector, only 30 percent of the employees fell under the scope of a collective agreement, the SPD criticized in its submission to the state parliament.
According to calculations by the German Federation of Trade Unions, the tax authorities and social security systems in North Rhine-Westphalia alone lose billions every year “due to collective bargaining and wage dumping”.
This also has an effect on purchasing power.
"With nationwide collective bargaining coverage, employees in North Rhine-Westphalia would have around 3.2 billion euros more in their wallets a year," argued the Social Democrats.
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