Hans-Jürgen Urban, social board of IG Metall, commented on the joint call “for social security and a fair distribution-against reduction in welfare and agitation against beneficiaries”:
January 31, 202531. 1. 2025 |
Updated on January 31, 202531. 1. 2025
“The welfare state is not a hedge, but a guarantee of prosperity. If you want to secure the future, you must not screw down the welfare state, but have to convert and expand it. Because a strong welfare state serves the benefit of everyone – whether socially weaker as support and sanctuary, as a social security anchor in current economic change, young and old with a view to adequate pensions or families in the form of social infrastructure, such as daycare and schools, in everyday life. “