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What surprised when I first learned about it : Germany only has a minimum wage since 2015 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_Germany https://en.wik
by the-dude 5y ago
What surprised when I first learned about it : Germany only has a minimum wage since 2015 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_Germany
The article is about food banks too. I am from NL, and the first food bank here was established in 2000.
Why were there no food banks in the 80s?
- cabraca 5y agoafaik there are no state run food banks. In germany those are mostly non-profit ngos. One of them is 'Tafel Deutschland e. V.' that is operation since 1993. https://www.tafel.de/english-information/ https://www.tafel.de/english-information/ edit: replaced "official" with "state run"
- the-dude 5y agoWhat is the difference between an official food bank and a NGO? AFAIK, all food banks in NL are NGOs. edit: I wonder if the Tafel date of 1993 has anything to do with the reunification.
- kalleboo 5y agoSweden still doesn’t have a minimum wage - that kind of negotiation is left up to the unions that do it on a per-industry level
- masklinn 5y ago> What surprised when I first learned about it : Germany only has a minimum wage since 2015 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_Germany That's because historically this was managed through ubiquitous trade unions and collective agreements. The need for a legal minimum wage increased due to the rise in contract / temp work, and US corporations moving in (notably Amazon whose approach to labour relations has been distinctively american).
- the-dude 5y agoThank you, makes sense.