DGB demonstrates in 15 major cities for better working conditions and pensions

Under the motto »Hard earned! Your work. Your health. Your pension.” People marched through 15 major cities in demonstrations. The German Federation of Trade Unions (DGB) sees this as a “clear sign”. It's about safe jobs, good working conditions and the protection of workers' rights.

Fahimi warned in Essen: "We will not simply allow ourselves to be robbed of the social standards we have built up over many years." At the same time, she called for joint design and referred to the federal government's billions in infrastructure: rapid investments are central to economic renewal.

Current reform projects in focus

Fahimi once again strongly criticized calls for longer working hours and a relaxation of the eight-hour day. In the controversial pension reform plans, the DGB chairwoman reiterated her opposition to an end to the earlier pension without deductions: "This pension benefit after 45 years of contributions must not be reduced."

Verdi boss Frank Werneke accused the ruling coalition of an “attack” on employee rights and the welfare state. There must finally be an end to the “class struggle from above,” he said in Frankfurt am Main.

IG Metall boss Christiane Benner warned in Nuremberg against reducing social security in times of restructuring and job cuts, for example in the automotive industry. »Economic change can only be achieved with trust in the future and with solidarity.«

“Unions dream of yesterday”

In an interview beforehand, Fahimi had criticized the coalition's "basic orientation" as wrong: "Too little growth and industrial policy, too many social cuts," said the DGB leader. The DGB wants to “bring anger to the streets.”