I certainly don’t mind the low minimum wage, but isn’t she a progressive/socialist?
Although minimum wages have grown across the EU, Germany ranks among the lowest for western European countries, a report on Thursday revealed.
Produced by the Hans-Böckler Foundation’s Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), the report showed that Germany came in second last place at €9.19 ($10.36) per hour — even after a 35-cent increase earlier this year.
It was defeated only by the UK, where the minimum wage of £7.83 now equates to €8.85, albeit partly as a result of the pound weakening since the referendum vote to leave the EU.
Although wages in Germany were higher than many southern and eastern European states, workers were still vulnerable to poverty. The minimum wage, which would equate to around €1,146 per month after taxes and social contributions, barely stood above the poverty line and only made up around 48 percent of the national median income.
In comparison, countries like Turkey offered a minimum wage of almost 74 percent of median national income. In Portugal, the figure is 61 percent.
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I’m a guy that’s had a considerable amount of people on my payroll. The minimum wage should be zero. I’ll pay you what your’e worth. If that’s not acceptable, leave. If your’e worth a lot, I’ll pay you a lot.
Bad_Brad –
That’s exactly how it should be.
The People’s Republic of Illinois just passed legislation to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Chicago idiots have ruined Illinois.
Same short-sighted, treasonous businesses wanting slave migrants as support the progs here?
the De Jure Socialist Workers’s Party was outlawed 74 years ago. the 2 big parties are de facto NAZI parties. Frau M is in fact a NAZI in her politics!
I have a relative who did not want to kill chinks for JFK so he was a Chem Prof in Germany. My nephews told me for years”Ich bin Duetcha!” I said” Nine du bist American>”. Now that they are in their 40’s they understand there never was, and still is not birthright citizenship there!
their father told me many times in the 70’s + 80’s that the positions of the “big” parties was the same as the Govt position was from ’33 to ’44!
The Bush Clan do not have a monopoly on dishonest “leaders”!