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Topic	German union wins strike battle, earning raises, 28-hour weeks for family care
s0nicfan 02/06/18 11:41:01 AM #32:	Questionmarktarius posted... s0nicfan posted... What if they need to downsize but the positions they would normally eliminate are locked into these 2 year agreements? Seems like a company needing cutbacks would ditch the fulltimers first. An employee working 35 hours draws more than one working 28, and a shop that ends up running 28 hours a week has already cut about 20% from its labor costs. But, I don't see where this guarantees a job for two years anyway - just that the job is 28 hours a week for up to two years. The original union demand was that when they went part time the company would have to guarantee that after 2 years they could return to full time. Depending on the exact wording, it may have also put them in a legal situation where firing them outright would be illegal because they'd be violating that guarantee. --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz <cite>s0nicfan posted [p:895570480] in German uni... [t:76289350]...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote><cite>s0nicfan posted...</cite> <quote>What if they need to downsize but the positions they would normally eliminate are locked into these 2 year agreements?</quote> Seems like a company needing cutbacks would ditch the fulltimers first. An employee working 35 hours draws more than one working 28, and a shop that ends up running 28 hours a week has already cut about 20% from its labor costs. But, I don't see where this guarantees a job for two years anyway - just that the job is 28 hours a week for up to two years.</quote> The original union demand was that when they went part time the company would have to guarantee that after 2 years they could return to full time. Depending on the exact wording, it may have also put them in a legal situation where firing them outright would be illegal because they'd be violating that guarantee. --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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