In the Federal government there is disagreement about the improvements for parcel delivery service. Economy Minister Altmaier rejected the plans of work of the Minister of healing. The SPD politician is pushing ahead with its plans despite the resistance.

In the Grand coalition, there is controversy about the improvements for package suppliers. By law the Minister of labour of healing the desire to commit the large package of services, the social security contributions of their subcontractors to pay, they should cheat in the minimum wage, reported the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”. A lot of parcel services have outsourced their delivery according to the trade unions, which are often foreign package to be offered this also paid less.

It is a matter of law and order in the labour market, said healing. The Client should be for the correct working conditions for his Messenger responsible. In the package industry is not good, get paid, and that needs to change also, said healing. “But that social protection is undermined, for me, is totally unacceptable.”

Wants to take action against the exploitation by package services: to the Minister of labour, Hubertus Heil, SPD.

Altmaier: No new burdens on the economy

He think it is wrong to make companies for their subcontractors liable and, instead, more controls, said Altmaier, compared with the editors ‘ network of Germany. “The revival of growth and the creation of new jobs must take precedence over the establishment of new bureaucracy”, said the Minister of economy. The CDU politician pointed to the competence of the customs authorities for the inspections of working conditions. The customs is the responsibility of the Minister of Finance Scholz of the SPD.

salvation gets support from unions

backing for its proposal of salvation got from the trade unions. Ver.di chief Frank Bsirske had previously spoken of “mafia-like structures” in the package industry and criticized that the package of services companies dedicated to instruct, in turn, other companies, the people from Ukraine, Moldova or Belarus, for delivery into the vehicles. It hourly pay of 4.50 Euro or 6,00 Euro would be paid in the case of hours of work from Twelve or even 16 hours per day.

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