""Many companies have made management errors. But instead of ironing them out themselves, they are making increasingly absurd demands on politicians. And if they don't, then the workers should pay for it by foregoing wages or by having jobs cut.""
""If we continue like this, we will see social discord, to which we as unions will respond accordingly," Fahimi told RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland, adding that unions were ready to negotiate "smart investments and site security" if employers engaged in good faith."
""neoliberal market policies,""
German trade unions accuse the national government of pursuing policies that harm workers and warn employers against shifting economic burdens onto staff. Yasmin Fahimi, chairwoman of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), said many companies seek to make workers pay for management mistakes through wage cuts or job losses and warned against a return to "neoliberal market policies." Fahimi warned of a major social conflict and said unions would respond if social discord grows, while offering to negotiate "smart investments and site security" if employers act in good faith. Frank Werneke of Verdi criticized planned changes to citizens' benefits as creating existential fear for job seekers; Verdi represents workers in public services, transport, health care, media, and finance.
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