I'd bet Amazon tech workers in Gdańsk and Warsaw have more purchasing power than their German counterparts
But that's how Poland will pull itself up by the bootstraps and become rich. It is a stage every successful country went through.
Cheap workforce is the sole reason of Amazon's presence in PL (until very recent, they didn't even have a local domain) and the backbone of their logistics for Western Europe.
I don't understand how mandating inefficiency is protecting workers?
Low-regulation countries (or corrupt countries, which is equivalent for the corrupters) ignore those limits and achieve efficiency for the rich at the expense of the bodies of the poor.
Just like you can't legally sell yourself into slavery or sell your organs, you shouldn't be allowed to sell your health away for a bigger buck like this; and businesses that rely on such practices for their business model should simply be closed down.
Some casual holocaust trivialization on a Wednesday.
Which really vacuum cleans all lands easy of Germany but that's another point.