Campaign calls for decent work as essential for decent care

Germany

Services union ver.di has joined with other organisations in the social care sector to campaign for decent care. As well as calling for increased funding for the sector, the campaign will also focus on the need for decent pay for care workers and proper professional recognition of the work they do. Ver.di has criticised the federal health minister for failing to include in the new bill on care institutions any measures to make care professions more attractive. The union is also concerned that there will be continual pressure to keep pay low with the only protection the minimum wage for the sector rather than any requirement to pay the going rate.
Read more at > ver.di (DE)