Employer President Rainer Dulger called for people to work more again on Labor Day. “We need more work in Germany, not less,” explained Dulger. “Germany discusses too much about the conditions of non-work and too little about the value of work,” said the President of the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations (BDA). The focus must be on the question of how Germany can be made attractive again as a location. “This also means that we will all have to work more and longer,” Dulger made clear. To achieve this, the framework conditions for work would have to be improved.
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“Work is much more than a necessity, this must be brought into greater focus again on May 1st,” said the BDA boss and added: “There is no such thing as effortless prosperity. And: value creation is created by private entrepreneurs.”
Dulger also pointed out the value of social partnership. “In times of low growth, an increasingly aging society and a high shortage of workers and skilled workers, we have to work together to ensure good jobs and prosperity in Germany for the future,” said the employer president. He called on trade unions and politicians to “finally help shape work constructively again. That helps everyone: if the economy is booming, wages will also rise faster.”
Employer President Rainer Dulger called for people to work more again on Labor Day. “We need more work in Germany, not less,” explained Dulger. “Germany discusses too much about the conditions of non-work and too little about the value of work,” said the President of the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations (BDA). The focus must be on the question of how Germany can be made attractive again as a location. “This also means that we will all have to work more and longer,” Dulger made clear. To achieve this, the framework conditions for work would have to be improved.