bunch of friends is off to her next job for her us for not being aneta evenings and weekends already times for rest and recreation. she's used to our job and just getting by but a regular full time job with some security would be most welcome. in germany that problem is much bigger than you might think the country has a sizable and growing low wage sector let's have a look at the numbers. in germany people with gross earnings of under eight hundred euros a month are classified as low wage workers because their income is difficult if not impossible to get by on. around twenty two percent of the workforce in germany fall into that category. in france it's just nine percent. e.u. wide seventeen percent of the workforce are classed as low wage french workers are generally paid according to agreements negotiated between unions and employers so wages are relatively high in germany there are more sectors with little or no union representation and those workers are paid poorly what's more german unions tend to demand modest raises from employers real wages rarely rise by more than two percen

we live in aneta has an average of eight minutes for each home visit to one of her elderly patients including the time it takes to write it up the people she cares for are frail and often sick the pressure is on relenting. unsure fenske teaches german she also gives classes in belly dancing and physical exercise in order to make ends meet. caregivers for the elderly bear lot of responsibility. this patient needs an insulin shot every day without fail. germany has a shortage of mobile caregivers and with an aging population demand is rising but the pay is about three quarters of the average worker's pay in germany. and it makes me angry sometimes. other professions with unions can go on strike and they get what they insist on but we're not on their radar it makes me mad. we do so much for society but nobody seems to notice. china's it's been an actor has worked multiple jobs at the same time for twenty years now and she's always on the lookout for new opportunities while her income has not gone up for ages the rich just keep getting richer. as a distance all the income and wealth gaps are tota