“Employers’ Association Rejects Proposed Federal Tariff Loyalty Act”

Ricarda Lang would like to see the Federal Tariff Loyalty Act, which stipulates that government contracts should only be awarded to companies with a collective agreement.

With interest and great astonishment, the employers’ association Lüneburg –
Northeast Lower Saxony various projects of the federal government. That’s how it is
Green leader Ricarda Lang announced in an interview in the Tagesspiegel that a
Federal Tariff Loyalty Act, which only allows government contracts to be awarded to companies with
Collective bargaining agreement is to be brought through the Bundestag by the summer break.
This is presented with pithy terms, such as “no state money for
wage dumping”.

Bernd Wiechel, General Manager of the Lüneburg Employers’ Association
Northeast Lower Saxony, resolutely rejects the terminology: “There is in
Germany has statutory minimum wages that compare with Europe
are at the top. To speak of wage dumping here does not indicate anything special
Expertise.” Wiechel clarifies. “We are already aware that the federal government wants to use the law to force companies to join collective agreements. However, this does not take into account that, firstly, many companies are already covered by area or in-house collective agreements
are bound by collective agreements or have agreed individual collective agreements and secondly, in
Germany a constitutionally protected freedom of association and collective bargaining autonomy
exists,” says Wiechel. With the proposed law, this autonomy will be
back door lifted. “One thing is striking: while for the private sector the dictate of the
While thrift and economy apply, this premise does not seem to apply to the state
are valid. The public contracts should go to the companies that can do the job best and most economically,” summarizes Wiechel.