Minister tries to block care sector minimum wage

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Services union ver.di has reacted angrily to attempts by economics minister Rainer Brüderle of the FDP to block the introduction of a minimum wage to cover the 800,000 workers in the care sector. Ver.di had already managed to get agreement from the employers for minimum rates of €8.50 an hour in the West and €7.50 an hour in the East. Before the intervention of Brüderle, CDU labour minister Ursula von Leyen had indicated that it would be possible to implement legislation soon so that the rates could be in force from 1 July.
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