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Germany went from labour shortage to hiring freezes in like two to three years. This has nothing to do with unions, which have been on a long downward slope for decades. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1356608/trade-unions-ger...

Stop watching Fox News.

I think they mean the EU

Germany was one of the prototypes for the European Union in my view. I'm not talking about violent expansion but the Zollverein and other similar processes which united Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria with a number of other Länder.

Shame on the workers who want their share from the work they did, poor shareholders, all their hard work for nothing. /s

Unions in Germany have less power than in France for instance. The rights to strike are more restrictive

I really wouldn’t look at France as a system to emulate. Their economy is also going through a pretty rough decade

France is just an example of strike possibilities.

It’s ridiculous to blame unions in Germany where things like political strikes are not allowed … because a former Nazi judge said so.

The person meant EU, not worker unions I think? Otherwise I don’t see what they mean by ever extending union

Aah, I guess the first comment put me on the wrong track