Minimum wage conference

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Services union ver.di and the NGG food and catering workers' union held a joint conference on 26 and 27 April as part of their developing campaign in support of a legal minimum wage. The conference was opened with a short film revealing what is like trying to survive on low pay. Verdi general secretary Frank Bsirske and his NGG counterpart Franz-Josef Möllner provided a comprehensive introduction to the key issues explaining very clearly why Germany needs a legal minimum wage. There were discussions about the impact of minimum wages elsewhere including the UK and France (presented by EPSU president Anne-Marie Perret) and a panel discussion at the end included representatives of the Greens, the Left Party and the Social Democratic Party, part of the governing coalition.
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