Category: Stimmen aus dem Syndikat

It’s pretty clear what we, as a union, think of the proposed sick leave rules. This is the government giving the middle finger to all wage earners!

But many others are also affected by this.Any employer who wanted to could already require a doctor’s note starting on the first day under the previous rules. All business owners who have preferred to operate on a basis of trust up until now are now being forced by the government to mistrust the workers in “their” company and deal with more bureaucracy.

Am 26. Dezember veröffentlichten wir hier einen Text in Solidarität mit den Bildungsstreiks gegen die Wehrpflicht. Es folgt nun ein weiterer Text zum Thema Wehrpflicht und bewaffnete Verteidigung. Die Meinungen zu diesem komplexen Thema gehen in unserem Syndikat auseinander. Wir möchten diesen Text aber trotzdem veröffentlichen, da wir denken, dass wir als libertäre Bewegung auch Meinungsverschiedenenheiten aushalten sollten und Diskurse mithilfe von solidarischer Kritik führen können. Der Beitrag spiegelt dabei die Meinung eines Teils des Syndikats wieder.

If you follow the headlines in Germany, it seems that the world is becoming more dangerous by the day. And for many people in Germany and the so-called “West,” that is probably the case. Because it is not only the climate catastrophe, the erosion of hard-won labor and civil rights, and the increasingly authoritarian behavior of elected governments, including open attacks on representative democracy, that threaten people here. The possibility of open warfare and the hybrid war that is already taking place are also giving rise to discussions that many had hoped they would never have to have again.[1] This also applies to the discussion about the reintroduction of compulsory military service in Germany.

We are currently witnessing a shift to the right in many areas of social life and, with it, a step backwards to the supposed “good old days.” This begins with migration and asylum policy, right-wing debates about “cityscapes” and belonging, gender issues, the debate about abortion, and the question of what a family should look like, and is now reaching its preliminary climax in the new debate about compulsory military service. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Currently, the government is “only” talking about compulsory military service in the event that not enough soldiers (especially male soldiers) volunteer, but even this has a number of consequences.