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>That doesn’t really change that I’m currently still too scared to actually form one at the company I work for, even though I would very much like for it to exi
by carlmr 6y ago
>That doesn’t really change that I’m currently still too scared to actually form one at the company I work for, even though I would very much like for it to exist. It still feels like painting a target on your back, even though Germany does not have at-will employment and you certainly cannot be fired or blocked or even just so much as reprimanded for wanting a form a Worker Council.
At one of my previous employers there was a failed attempt to form a worker council. The 3 employees were all fired after being in the company for many years. Management basically put them under constant surveillance and recorded every tiny slip-up.
- blub 6y agoWhy did forming the council fail?
- carlmr 6y agoIt failed because there was a vote, and a lot of people said they would be a candidate. Nobody explained that you need more than 50% of the vote, so everybody just gave votes to the people they knew, giving each candidate about 10%. Since there was no majority they couldn't form a work council.