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Woidke Demands SPD Stronger Focus on Working People
Brandenburg’s Minister-President, Dietmar Woidke of the SPD, has urged his own party to adopt a more pronounced focus…
DGB Chair Slams SPD Over Retirement and Working Hours Politics
The chairwoman of the DGB, Yasmin Fahimi, voiced strong criticism regarding the key statements made by Vice Chancellor…
Dittrich Urges Older Generations to Extend Working Lives Ahead of Pension Reform
Jörg Dittrich, president of the Central Association of the German Crafts Union, has called for the older generation…
Germany Employment Slightly Down in Q4 2025 With 46.1 Million Working Individuals
Around 46.1 million people were employed in Germany in the fourth quarter of 2025. According to provisional data from…
IG Metall Demands Better Working Conditions at Tesla Grünheide Factory Ahead of March Works Council Elections
In anticipation of the upcoming works‑council elections at Tesla’s Grünheide plant at the beginning of March, IG Metall is…
Survey Finds Younger People Prefer Starting Their Own Businesses Over Working For Others
According to a special analysis of the KfW Start‑up Monitor for “Der Spiegel”, younger people are more inclined toward…
Deutsche Bank CEO Pushes for Longer Working Life for Office Employees
Christian Sewing, chief executive of Deutsche Bank, said that office workers-particularly older employees-should be allowed to work longer. Speaking…
Hagel Urges Longer Working Hours and Delayed Retirement to Match Swiss Productivity
Manuel Hagel, the CDU’s leading candidate for Baden-Württemberg, has argued that workers should put in longer hours and…
IAB Records Record Total Working Hours Amid Merz’s Low‑Worktime Claim
Bernd Fitzenberger, director of the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), rebuts German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s claim that Germans…
Germany’s Markus Söder Calls For Extra Working Hours To Drive Growth
Markus Söder, the Bavarian premier and head of the CSU, argues that German workers should, on average, work more…
AfD Forms New Working Group As It Prepares for Possible State Power
The AfD is preparing internally for a potential role in governments across several German states. According to the…
More Retirees Keep Working After Retirement
An industry‑level comparison reveals an additional paradox. While the public sector attracts a disproportionately high number of older…
Union Blocks Path to Residency for Working Immigrants
Deep Division Emerges Over Proposed Immigration Reform in Germany A sharp political rift is widening within Germany’s governing…
Link Pension Age to Working Years
The German government is facing growing internal pressure to overhaul its pension system, with leading figures from the…
Pensioners Falling Behind Working Population
Widening Pensioner-Worker Income Gap Sparks Political Debate in Germany Data released by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) and…
Boomers Still Working Before New Pension Plan
a significant portion of the population is already supplementing their state pensions with income from employment.. Preliminary data…
Coalition Leaders Seek to Reset Working Relationship
Leading figures from Germany’s CDU/CSU and SPD parliamentary groups convened in Würzburg Thursday for a two-day closed-door meeting,…
CSU Rejects Minister’s Plan for Longer Working Lives
The Christian Social Union (CSU), a key partner in Germany’s governing coalition, has rejected a proposal from Federal…
Civil Service Union Rejects Extended Working Life Proposal
The head of the German Civil Service Federation (DBB), Volker Geyer, has rejected a proposal to extend the…
Police Union Rejects Extended Working Lives
Germany’s police union has voiced strong opposition to proposals that would extend the working lives of public sector…
Record Number of German Retirees Working
New figures released by the German Pension Insurance (Deutsche Rentenversicherung) reveal that over 1.4 million pensioners in Germany…
More Women Working Fewer Hours
In a recent report, the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) revealed that, on average, full-time employees in Germany…
Will a Working Group Save Germany’s Democracy?
A German political party, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), has called for the creation of a…
Minister of Finance Pledges to Speed Up Infrastructure Projects by Working Unconventional Hours
Germany’s Finance Minister, Lars Klingbeil, has expressed his intention to accelerate infrastructure projects, including working on weekends and…
No Majority for Longer Working Hours in Germany
A recent survey by the Allensbach Institute, commissioned by the Family Entrepreneurs Association, has revealed a disparity between…
BMA President: Doctors in Retirement Age Must be Incentivized to Continue Working
In a bid to address the looming healthcare workforce crisis, the head of the German Medical Association, Klaus…
Study Reveals Lower Working Hours Than Most Countries
According to a new analysis by the Institute for Economic Research (IW) based on OECD data, published on…
Work Minister Skeptical of Switching to Weekly Maximum Working Hours
Federal Employment Minister Bärbel Bas (SPD) urges caution in implementing a weekly rather than daily maximum working hours…
Verdi Chief Warns of Dire Consequences for Workers if Working Hours Act Reforms Proceed
Verdi-Chef Frank Werneke warns about potential consequences of planned reform of the German Working Hours Act by the…
Green Party’s Left-Wing Minister Paus to Lead Work and Social Issues Working Group
Lisa Paus, a member of the Green Party, has been chosen to lead the working group on labor…
Is Pentagon in Revolt? Pentagon Working Against Defense Secretary Hegseth, Says White House
According to the White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt, the Pentagon is at war with its own boss, Defense…
Exploitation Incarnate: German Government Unleashes War on the Working Class
Germany’s government is planning to make significant changes to the country’s social welfare system. The proposed changes aim…
‘No Raise for the Wealthy, Solidarity with the Working Class’?
The SPD’s General Secretary, Matthias Miersch, has rejected the employers’ demand for an increase in the retirement age.…