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In the long run, federal public contracts for development and companies will solely be out there to firms that adhere to collective agreements or equally good situations for his or her staff. The Bundestag handed the so-called Collective Bargaining Act with a majority from the CDU/CSU and SPD. The Greens voted in favor, the Left abstained. The AfD voted in opposition to it. The Federal Council is because of take care of this in March.

The coalition factions solely agreed on the small print of the proposal this week. The compromise envisages limiting the applying of the regulation to sure orders. It ought to be efficient for order volumes of fifty,000 euros or extra, and in sure instances solely 100,000 euros. Supply contracts and all orders from the Bundeswehr ought to be overlooked.

The regulation was a priority of the SPD

The regulation was a priority of the SPD, which had already negotiated this into the coalition settlement with the Union. SPD MP Annika Klose stated that this was imposing a easy precept: “Anyone who receives public contracts must also pay properly.” Tax cash shouldn’t be used to advertise wage dumping.

SPD parliamentary group deputy Dagmar Schmidt recalled the background: the billion-dollar investments from the so-called particular fund for infrastructure. “We are modernizing our country,” stated Schmidt. “With the Collective Bargaining Act, we are combining our investments in the future with good wages and good working conditions.”

The Union remained uncertain

In the ultimate debate, the Union made it clear that it solely agreed with nice doubts. CDU MP Sandra Carstensen stated she was not taking it straightforward. They share the objective of accelerating collective bargaining protection in Germany. But now we have to test whether or not the regulation will really obtain this.

The Union had made “substantial improvements” within the legislative course of, stated Carstensen. A major step is that supply contracts have been eliminated. In addition, the SPD-led Ministry of Social Affairs is just not allowed to find out the nice situations required by itself, however fairly “in consultation” with the CDU-led Ministry of Economic Affairs. “And yet doubts remain and yet I am anything but satisfied with this law,” stated Carstensen.

The Greens and the Left essentially help the Collective Bargaining Act, however the coalition’s compromise doesn’t go far sufficient for them. The AfD typically rejects all the challenge. It is a “compulsory tariff application law,” stated AfD MP Peter Bohnhof within the debate.