BIW on work and social affairs

The BIW wants to dissolve the Arbeitnehmerkammer Bremen (Chamber of Employees), to which all employees in the state must belong and pay dues. In the party's view, the chamber is unnecessary and costly and competes with the labor unions.

In Bremen, all employees must be members of a chamber. They pay dues for it. The BIW wants to abolish this chamber. It considers the chamber unnecessary and expensive.

The Chamber of Employees is a body with compulsory membership and mandatory dues for all employees in the state. The BIW points out that labor unions rest on voluntary membership. It regards the chamber as needless and expensive competition to them.

The BIW wants authorities in the state of Bremen to act firmly against undeclared work and against employers who evade the minimum wage. The goal is a level playing field for all businesses.

Some companies hire people off the books. Some pay less than the minimum wage. The BIW wants the authorities to stop this. Then all companies have the same conditions.

The platform addresses this demand to the state's authorities. It argues that illegal employment and underpaid wages distort competition. The aim is equal conditions for all firms in Bremen and Bremerhaven.